“An insignificant right becomes important when it is assailed.” — William Pickens, The New Negro
Tag: rights
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“A free press is the unsleeping guardian of every other right that free men prize; it is the most dangerous foe of tyranny.” — Sir Winston Churchill, “You Get It In Black And White,” Colliers (1935-12-28)
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“True liberty is founded upon a lively sense of the rights of others and a fighting conviction that the rights of others must be maintained.” — William Allen White, “Duty in a Democracy,” commencement address at Northwestern (1937-06-12)
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“The right to the pursuit of happiness is nothing else than the right to disillusionment phrased in another way.” — Aldous Huxley, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow,” Adonis and the Alphabet
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“Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.” — George Orwell, The Freedom Defence Committee (1948-09-18)
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“What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.” — H. L. Mencken, Minority Report : H.L. Mencken’s Notebooks
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“Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.” — Robert G. Ingersoll, “The Limitations of Toleration”, The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol VII (1888-05-08)
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“To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.” — G.K. Chesterton, A Short History of England
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“The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.” — George Bancroft, History of the United States
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“To say that he who holds unpopular opinions must hold them at the peril of his life, and that, if he expresses them in public, he has only himself to blame if they who disagree with him should rise and put him to death, is to strike at all rights, all liberties, all protection of the laws, and to justify and extenuate all crimes.” — William Cullen Bryant, The Death of Lovejoy (1837-11-18)
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