My judgment is that neither House of Congress, nor both combined, have any right to interfere in the count. It is for the Vice-President to do it all….

A theory deeply etched in our law [is that] a free society prefers to punish the few who abuse the rights of free speech after they break the law rat….

A song has a few rights the same as ordinary citizens... if it happens to feel like flying where humans cannot fly... to scale mountains that are not….

It just seems so fundamental to me. I'm able to marry the person I wanted to marry. That's the fundamental human imperative. Those of us who have bee….

I think both freedom of religion and freedom of expression are both fundamental human rights, everyone has not only the freedom and the right but the….

It is still in the lap of the gods whether a society can succeed which is based on "civil liberties and human rights" conceived as I have tried to de….

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having..

With kings, nations, and private individuals, the strongest assume to themselves rights over the weakest, and the same rule is followed by animals, b….

I guess there are some rights of parents with what they choose their children to learn, but I'm biased in favor of freeing children to learn and not ….

Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities..

Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that 'the public interest' supersedes pri….

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarm….

The great religious ages were notable for their indifference to human rights... not only for acquiescence in poverty, inequality, exploitation and op….

We know that if one man's rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered..

I feel that at this point in our country's history, it is important that we not reverse marriage equality, that we not reverse Roe v. Wade, that we s….

The 16th Amendment corroded the American concept of natural rights; ultimately reduced the American citizen to a status of subject, so much so that h….

When people denounced [former Iranian president Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad for rejecting and criminalizing homosexuality, it should be remembered that was ….

If Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign were part of the establishment, that would be time for all of us to just quit having to work so hard ….

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and t….

Families cannot prosper and keep America strong if government becomes a Goliath that preys upon their wealth, usurps their rights, and crushes their ….

In fact, there is a very close correlation between human rights violations and US aid, particularly in Latin America..