Arthur Keith Quotes

Freedom from absolute, arbitrary power is so necessary to, and closely joined with, a man's preservation, that he cannot part with it but by what forfeits his preservation and life together

Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness.

Government should work to insure the rights of the individual, not plot to take them away.

I should like to be remembered as the man who raised a voice against... placing limitations on the freedom of the individual.

The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.

The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.

Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.

One of the eternal truths is that happiness is created and developed in peace, and one of the eternal rights is the individual's right to live.

Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property.

Liberty is not collective. It is personal.

Freedom is a noble thing.

Every man is born with a double right. First, a right of freedom to his person, …. Secondly, a right before any other man, to inherit, with his brethren, his father's goods.

The individual is greater than the state.

Liberty is an individual, not a collective, right.

I have a right to nothing which another has a right to take away

Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution and the one which, united with that of personal liberty, has contributed more to the growth of civilization than any other institution established by the human race.

… it [liberty] denotes not merely freedom from bodily restraint, but also the right of the individual to engage in any of the common occupations of life, to acquire useful knowledge, to marry, establish a home, bring up children, to worship God according to the dictates of one's own conscience and generally, to enjoy those privileges long recognized in common law as essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men.

The human's being right to do as he pleases without interfering with someone else's rights is a formula defining rights prior to social legislation.

It is essential that the young people of this country learn to respect the right of every man and woman to seek his or her happiness with minimal interference from the government.

Individual freedoms are the primary engine by which the pursuit of happiness can be maximally instantiated.

As a human being, I do feel like it's my right to be able to stand up for and speak on whatever I want.

I was born, have lived, and will die free.

Any nation or government that deprives an individual of freedom is in that moment committing an act of moral and spiritual murder. Any individual who is not concerned about his freedom commits an act of moral and spiritual suicide.

Nobody likes not having freedom.

Rights mean you have a right to your life. You have a right to your liberty, and you should have a right to keep the fruits of your labor....I, in a way, don’t like to use those terms: gay rights, women’s rights, minority rights, religious rights. There’s only one type of right. It’s the right to your liberty.