Zechariah Chafee Jr. Quotes

Respect for the freedom of someone else constitutes the highest duty of men

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

People should be respected for the strength of their convictions, and I also believe in freedom of expression.

To affirm my own rights I must define and affirm the rights of others.

You either respect people's liberties, or you don't.

The right to love is granted to anyone.

Your liberty to swing your arms ends where my nose begins.

Each side takes the position of the man who was arrested for swinging his arms and hitting another in the nose, and asked the judge if he did not have a right to swing his arms in a free country. 'Your right to swing your arms ends just where the other man's nose begins.

Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.

People seem to think that you should be willing to speak to them whether they're jerks or not.

I have tried to maintain civil relationships with everyone I meet - and, even if I violently disagree with them, try to be respectful.

I think everybody has the right to a private life.

A lot of people out there pay good lip service to the idea of personal freedom... right up to the point that someone tries to do something that they don't personally approve of.

I don't comment on other people's opinion.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

The law protects you from being abused. It doesn't threaten your lifestyle for someone else to have the right to exhibit their lifestyle.

The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.

Liberty is the right to do what I like; license, the right to do what you like.

If we learn to understand each other, we will have a better understanding of ourselves.

Self-expression is always a right, but it's still not there to be abused.

The simple truth is that everyone has an opinion, everyone has the right to voice it, and they should if they want to.

I'm so lucky to have been raised the way I have, because my parents believed that everyone had the right to their own feelings, opinions, and existence; as long as they weren't harming others, you had to defend those rights.

No man has the right to initiate the use of physical force against others.

Our civilization is becoming less civil. You don’t have the right to demonize somebody just because they disagree with you.

Moral principles of liberty that endow a person with the right to claim and acquire property at the same time oblige that person to respect every other person’s equal right to do the same.