To deny any people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.
It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.
Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.
We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
There cannot be a stronger natural right than that of a man’s making the best profit he can of the natural produce of his lands.
The time is always right to do what’s right.
The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his INTELLECTUAL superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can DO wrong proves his MORAL inferiority to any creature that CANNOT.
The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.
Right is its own defense.[Eine gerechte Sache verteidigt sich selbst.]
People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
Never go beyond your rights, and eventually they will be limitless.[Ne passez jamais vos droits, et bientôt ils seront sans bornes.]
In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.
