Man's Rights Quotes

The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper government is only a policeman, acting as an agent of man's self-defense, and, as such, may only resort to force only against those who start the use of force.

There can be no freedom of trade where there is no freedom of man, for the first of all commodities to be exchanged is labour, and the freedom of man consists only in the exercise of the right to determine for himself in what manner his labour shall be employed, and how he will dispose of its products....

Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man's liberty.

The United States slave laws are at open variance with the best interests of man, as endowed by our great creator with the privilege of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence.

The Declaration of Independence to which these great men affixed their signatures is much more than a political document. It constitutes a spiritual manifesto-revel ation, if you will-declaring not for this nation only, but for all nations, the source of man's rights.

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.

Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers.

The French revolution taught us the rights of man.

The orators and statesmen of our land, whether they belong to the past, or to the present, will live and shine in the annals of history, in proportion as they have dedicated their genius and talents to the defense of Justice and man's God-given rights.