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I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible. — Boyd Rice

As far as I am concerned, freedom summer never really ended. — Victoria Gray Adams

We wouldn't have to take your rights away if you'd just stop exercising them. — Carl-John X. Veraja

No matter how pathetic or pitiful, every human is fated to have one moment in their lives in which they can change their own destiny. — Takayuki Yamaguchi

Human rights and individual liberties, including religious freedom, will be at the heart of the new Iraq. — Jalal Talabani

One man's blasphemy doesn't override other people's free-speech rights, their freedom to publish, freedom of thought. — Dan Savage

The best way to be more free is to grant more freedom to others. — Carlo Dossi

In times of war, the law falls silent.
Silent enim leges inter arma — Marcus Tullius Cicero

...though the Elders are connected to the Great Spirit, they are still only elves. — Craig R. Key

In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom. — Mary Robinson

America is today the hope of all honorable men who respect the rights of their fellow men and who believe in the principle of freedom and justice. — Albert Einstein

The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women. — Malala Yousafzai

The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country. — Eliot Engel

Our collective freedom ... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others. — Walter Mosley

Equality and freedom are not luxuries to lightly cast aside. Without them, order cannot long endure before approaching depths beyond imagining. — Alan Moore

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. — Ayn Rand

And we who have toiled for freedom's law, have we sought for freedom's soul? Have we learned at last that human right is not a part but the whole? — John Boyle O'Reilly

We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church. — Thomas Jefferson

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. — Audre Lorde

EQUAL RIGHTS and FREE DISCUSSION will be fearlessly advocated and maintained. Sectarian dogmas or tenets will be investigated and compared. — Abner Cole

The real struggle for us is for the citizen to cease to be the property of the state. — Adam Michnik

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them. — Joseph Heller

To renounce freedom is to renounce one's humanity, one's rights as a man and equally one's duties. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Peace is more than just an absence of war. True peace is justice, true peace is freedom, and true peace dictates the recognition of human rights. — Ronald Reagan

The assumption of 'rights' is the cancer of privilege. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

We can't remain silent on gender rights and personal freedoms. — Maajid Nawaz

Reproductive freedom is not just the ability not to have a child through birth control. It's the ability to have one if and when you want. — Pamela Madsen

We are free, but we are not equal. We are free, but not as free as other people in this land are free. — Allan Dare Pearce

Religion is against women's rights and women's freedom. In all societies women are oppressed by all religions. — Taslima Nasrin

The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law. — Ida B. Wells

Dictatorship of the majority over the minority would be an encroachment on the rights of the individual and their prerogative to personal freedom. — Newton Lee

More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege. — Michael Anti

[Oppose] with manly firmness [any] invasions on the rights of the people. — Thomas Jefferson

The answer to 1984 is 1776 — Alex E. Jones

Relationships are valuable no matter who they are between. — Donna Goddard

Hong Kong is not just a global financial center. It's also a place with a lot of teens and youth who love freedom, democracy, and human rights. — Joshua Wong

Making Saudi Arabia a world judge on women's rights and religious freedom would be like naming a pyromaniac as the town fire chief. — Hillel Neuer

The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written. — Arlen Specter

Japan and Australia share the universal values of freedom, democracy, the rule of law, and fundamental human rights. — Shinzo Abe

The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought. — George Soros

Many of us persons of the tinted persuasion care about human rights and artistic freedom too. — Salman Rushdie

Freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society
once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer. — William O. Douglas

Freedom, liberty, individual rights, that idea of dealing with other people in a matter that is not initiating force against them, is critical to me. — Jimmy Wales

We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights. — Felix Frankfurter

The freedom to bear arms may be righteously rejected to encourage the preservation of all corporeal forms of life. — Kevin Alan Lee

It is not so much freedom of speech but the right to truth that great men protect. — Criss Jami

Would give any woman who believes in reproductive rights and freedom any comfort. — Nan Aron

It's freedom of speech, not freedom from consequences and/or ridicule. — A.E. Samaan

Freedom ... Freedom does not exist with personal responsibility! — Joseph P. Sekula

Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Freedom of the press, the surest guaranty of the rights of man. — Sarah Vowell

We wish for a broad-based government with the active participation of women, which will promote freedom and equal rights for women — Sima Samar

Freedom rings bells to wake us from the comfort of beautiful dreams and empower the efforts that turn them into reality. — Aberjhani

The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute. — Julian Bond

The most persistent threat to freedom, to the rights of Americans, is fear. — George Meany

As soon as the economic freedom which the market economy grants to its members is removed, all political liberties and bills of rights become humbug. — Ludwig Von Mises

I've fought for religious freedom and I can tell you that anti-gay 'religious freedom' bills aren't it. — DaShanne Stokes

freedom of speech becomes mere license when it goes so far as to criticize the Army, differ with the D.A.R., and advocate the rights of the Mob. — Sinclair Lewis

Our economic freedom is founded on individual property rights; government should never be permitted to take those away. — Ernest Istook

The freedom to make and remake our cities and ourselves is, I want to argue, one of the most precious yet most neglected of our human rights. — David Harvey

For as long as I can remember, I've always been interested in issues of social justice, political freedom, and civil rights. — Jennifer Chiaverini

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. — Soren Kierkegaard

The right to choose does not mean the choice is right. — Ron Brackin

Remember that rights are moral principles which define and protect a man's freedom of action, but impose no obligations on other men. — Ayn Rand

A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone. — Leonard Peltier

The freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose. — Mercedes Lackey

Freedom of expression is the foundation of human rights, the source of humanity, and the mother of truth. — Liu Xiaobo

For the coming of that day shall I fight, I and my sons and my chosen friends. For the freedom of Man. For his rights. For his life. For his honor. — Ayn Rand

You can't pick and choose which types of freedom you want to defend. You must defend all of it or be against all of it. — Scott Howard Phillips

The saddest feeling is knowing you deserve freedom and still feeling caged. — Janelle Gray

I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves. — Mary Wollstonecraft

A freedom given up is not so easily regained. — Rivera Sun

Capitalism is not a form of government. Capitalism is a symptom of freedom. It is the result of individual rights, which include property rights. — A.E. Samaan

This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself. — Robert G. Ingersoll

I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful. — John Lewis

Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific. — Joichi Ito

It is fair to judge peoples by the rights they will sacrifice most for. — Clarence Day

If we do not believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we do not believe in it at all. — Noam Chomsky

Any time we deny any citizen the full exercise of his constitutional rights, we are weakening our own claim to them. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Law without reason is criminal. — Criss Jami

It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate. — Abe Fortas

No freedom is secure if your property rights are not secure. — Neal Boortz

The use of "religion" as an excuse to repress the freedom of expression and to deny human rights is not confined to any country or time. — Margaret Atwood

Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression. — Taslima Nasrin

The quest for freedom, dignity, and the rights of man will never end. — William J. Brennan Jr.

Freedom is a choice, and we have to defend our choices. — Vahid Asghari

Sometimes a people lose their right to remain silent when pressured to remain silent. — Criss Jami

A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. — James Madison

Some people only speak of freedom of speech while they're out of power. Once they're in power, they're ruthless in suppressing the rights of others. — Barack Obama

Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights. — Benjamin Rush

We have not enjoyed unmolested those rights which the constitution of the U.S.A. and our Charters grant. — Joseph Smith Jr.

Of course, freedom is not free. Taxpayers pay for it. — Zarina Bibi

Then I will speak upon the ashes. — Sojourner Truth

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. — Dag Hammarskjold

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. — Edward R. Murrow

The vegan lifestyle is a compassionate way to live that supports life, supports fairness and equality, and promotes freedom. — Robert Cheeke

No! on Human Rights and Freedom, on a subject that is as self-evident as that two and two make four, there is no need of any written authority. — Ernestine Rose

Be wary of those propagating too much about liberty, ideology, and civility; they just might be oppressors in the making. — Aniruddha Sastikar

If this planet is to be transformed for the better, then we as individuals must first transform ourselves. — Auliq Ice

Liberty is freedom constrained only by our responsibility to respect the equal rights of others. — Dave Champion