Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.

Human rights are not a privilege granted by the few, they are a liberty entitled to all, and human rights, by definition, include the rights of all humans, those in the dawn of life, the dusk of life, or the shadows of life.

The thing about rights is that in the end you can't prove what should be considered a right.

Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property.

Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being’s entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right to life does not depend, and must not be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign...

In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded; ordinarily, and in the great majority of cases, human rights and property rights are fundamentally and in the long run identical; but when it clearly appears that there is a real conflict between them, human rights must have the upper hand, for property belongs to man and not man to property.

America didn't invent human rights. Those rights are common to all people: nations, cultures, and religions cannot choose to simply opt out of them.

It is a natural impossibility for any man to make a binding contract, by which he shall surrender to others a single one of what are commonly called his 'natural, inherent, inalienable rights.'

There is a high bar for something to be considered a human right. Loosely put, it must be among the things we as humans need in order to lead healthy, meaningful lives, like freedom from torture or freedom of conscience.

I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I don't have the slightest doubt about human rights.

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

We have a list of human rights - right to food, right to shelter, right to health, right to education, many such items which are considered and accepted as bill of rights. These are to be insured to people. So all nations, all societies try to do that.

Today, many human rights take the forms of claims.

My rights are precious, and I value those provided to me through the United States Constitution so much.

The Human Rights Act is not a terrorists' charter. It enables ordinary citizens to seek redress when the government breaches fundamental freedoms enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights such as the right to a fair trial, the right to life and free expression.

In a free Europe... the system of power lies on three pillars. These are democracy, rule of law, and human rights. It's impossible to use one against the other.

The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.

The right of liberty is God-given and immortal. It cannot be regulated. Or controlled. It cannot be banned. And it must not be restricted.

The quest for freedom, dignity, and the rights of man will never end.

Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.

You cannot deprive somebody of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, because that is a right - constitutional right.

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

Establish democracy ... based on human rights as superior to property rights.