Right to Justice 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.

As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.

The right to a trial is a core principle of the American legal system. Depriving Americans of these essential liberties undermines the Constitution while doing nothing to strengthen our national security.

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 very essence of civil liberty, is the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury.

Patients who have suffered appalling medical negligence, abused children ignored by social services, mistreated residents of care homes - they have all been given a voice by the Human Rights Act.

The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury. One of the first duties of government is to afford that protection.

The most unquestionable right may be rendered doubtful, if once admitted to be a subject of controversy

No Free-man shall be taken or imprisoned, or be deprived of his Free-hold or liberty… but by the lawful judgment of his peers, and by the Laws of this province.

The Human Rights Act has not just given a voice to victims, but to the families who have to fight for the victim where the victim has died.

We will sell to no man, we will not deny or defer to any man either justice or right.

People have a fundamental right to information about the government, but the right to justice trumps that. Cameras in the courtroom seem to affect behavior.

The lesson of history that all human rights are indivisible and that the failure to adhere to this principle jeopardizes the rights of all.

The fundamental rights of [humanity] are, first: the right of habitation; second, the right to move freely; third, the right to the soil and subsoil, and to the use of it; fourth, the right of freedom of labor and of exchange; fifth, the right to justice; sixth, the right to live within a natural national organization; and seventh, the right to education.