A basic principle of American justice holds that a bad man has the same rights as a good man..

Of course you got rights, the law's on your side, but sometimes the law takes a long time to kick in and so it gets put in the hands of us poor sucke….

... non-use of rights does not destroy them..

I don't hold animals superior or even equal to humans. The whole case for behaving decently to animals rests on the fact that we are the superior spe….

The Church had the words reason and liberty on her lips when the inalienable rights of the human race were threatened with shipwreck..

A culture is not an abstract thing. It is a living, evolving process. The aim is to push beyond standard-setting and asserting human rights to make t….

The one thing man fears is the unknown. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of thei….

We must understand the role of human rights as empowering of individuals and communities. By protecting these rights, we can help prevent the many co….

I've often observed that women can be the weakest link in women's rights..

As Elders, we are fully committed to the principle that all human beings are of equal worth. You will see that we highlight equality for girls and wo….

Sharing experience and building public support for the full range of rights is more powerful than legal cases..

The legal system we have and the rule of law are far more responsible for our traditional liberties than any system of one man one vote. Any country ….

It is individuals who have human rights, not religions or beliefs.

No practice or tradition trumps the human rights that belong to all of us..

This foundational principle - that human beings derive their rights from God, rather than from the State, or any other source - is what made America ….

The thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world's mirth..

Compulsion in the literal Sense is maliciously misrepresented, by supposing it authorizes Violences committed against the Truth. The Answer to this; ….

No Republican questions or disputes civil rights. I have never wavered in my support for civil rights or the civil rights act..

Our country, like every modern state, needs profound democratic reforms. It needs political and ideological pluralism, a mixed economy and protection….

Even a superstitious man has certain inalienable rights: the right to harbor and indulge his imbecilities, provided only that he does not try to infl….

True religion, like our founding principles, requires that the rights of the disbeliever be equally acknowledged with those of the believer..