Quotes
Quotes about Right
Where there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.
The equal right of all men to the use of land is as clear as their equal right to breathe the air--it is a right proclaimed by the fact of their existence. For we cannot suppose that some men have a right to be in this world, and others no right.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.
Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.
We hold these truths to be self-evident,--that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.
Reparation for our rights at home, and security against the like future violations.
I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want women to get theirs, and while the water is stirring I will step into the pool.
No man was ever endowed with a right without being at the same time saddled with a responsibility.
The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously.
From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.
No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right.
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.
Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
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.
The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.
It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age.
On fair Britania's isle, bright bird, A legend strange is told of thee,-- 'Tis said thy blithesome song was hushed While Christ toiled up Mount Calvary, Bowed 'neath the sins of all mankind; And humbled to the very dust By the vile cross, while viler men Mocked with a crown of thorns the Just. Pierced by our sorrows, and weighed down By our transgressions,--faint and weak, Crushed by an angry Judge's frown, And agonies no word can speak,-- 'Twas then, dear bird, the legend says That thou, from out His crown, didst tear The thorns, to lighten the distress And ease the pain that he must bear, While pendant from thy tiny beak The gory points thy bosom pressed, And crimsoned with thy Saviour's blood The sober brownness of thy breast! Since which proud hour for thee and thine. As an especial sign of grace God pours like sacramental wine Red signs of favor o'er thy race!
Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale.
I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
A substitute shines brightly as a king Until a king be by, and then his state Empties itself, as dot an inland brook Into the main of waters.
Yet looks he like a king. Behold, his eye, As bright as is the eagle's lightens forth Controlling majesty.
For such a numerous host Fled not in silence through the frighted deep With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, Confusion worse confounded.
The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.
