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| Rights Quotes | No. | Quotation | Last Name | First Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority. | Acton | Lord |
| 2 | Set before us the conduct of our own British ancestors, who defended for us the inherent rights of mankind against foreign and domestic tyrants and usurpers, against arbitrary kings and cruel priests; in short against the gates of earth and hell. | Adams | John |
| 3 | Driven from every corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct their course to this happy country as their last asylum. | Adams | Samuel |
| 4 | Many a person seems to think it isn't enough for the government to guarantee him the pursuit of happiness. He insists it also run interference for him. | Author Unknown | |
| 5 | The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights. | Blackstone | William |
| 6 | I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. | Ingersoll | Robert |
| 7 | We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. | Jefferson | Thomas |
| 8 | No man was ever endowed with a right without being at the same time saddled with a responsibility. | Johnson | Gerald W. |
| 9 | It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down. | Kennedy | John F |
| 10 | In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country. | Kennedy | John F |
| 15 quotations on Rights |

