Rights To Life Quotes

• The rights to life, liberty and property were not meant to be subject to the vagaries of majority rule.

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  Ilana Mercer

  Rights   Majority Rule   Liberty  

  "Life, Liberty and Property". www.wnd.com. May 15, 2009.

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• We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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  Thomas Jefferson

  Life   Change   Happiness  

  Declaration of Independence (1776).

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• The Constitution guarantees us our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's all. It doesn't guarantee our rights to charity.

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  Jesse Ventura

  Life   Pursuit Of Happiness   Rights  

  Jesse Ventura (2000). “I Ain't Got Time to Bleed: Reworking the Body Politic from the Bottom Up”, p.17, Villard

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• The function of our Government is to insure to all its citizens, now and hereafter, their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If we of this generation destroy the resources from which our children would otherwise derive their livelihood, we reduce the capacity of our land to support a population, and so either degrade the standard of living or deprive the coming generations of their fight to life on this continent.

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  Theodore Roosevelt

  Children   Fighting   Pursuit Of Happiness  

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• the right to marry whoever one wishes is an elementary human right ... Even political rights, like the right to vote, and nearly all other rights enumerated in the Constitution, are secondary to the inalienable human rights to 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence; and to this category the right to home and marriage unquestionably belongs.

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  Hannah Arendt

  Home   Pursuit Of Happiness   Rights  

  Hannah Arendt (2009). “Responsibility and Judgment”, p.203, Schocken

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• We discovered that peace at any price is no peace at all. We discovered that life at any price has no value whatever; that life is nothing without the privileges, the prides, the rights, the joys which make it worth living, and also worth giving. And we also discovered that there is something more hideous, more atrocious than war or than death; and that is to live in fear.

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  Eve Curie

  Fear   War   Pride  

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• Animals are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time.

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  Henry Beston

  Animal   Vegetarian Diet   Vegetarianism  

  Henry Beston, Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (2001). “The Best of Beston: A Selection from the Natural World of Henry Beston from Cape Cod to the St. Lawrence”, p.18, David R. Godine Publisher

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• We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men. We...solemnly publish and declare, that these colonies are and of a right ought to be free and independent states...and for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.

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  Thomas Jefferson

  Independent   Men   Pursuit Of Happiness  

  Thomas Jefferson (1997). “Thomas Jefferson, His Words and Vision”, p.15, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• This country was founded upon the principle that we are all endowed with certain inalienable rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - those rights are what make America great, and they belong to each and every one of us.

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  Charles Rangel

  Country   Pursuit Of Happiness   Rights  

  "The Struggle Continues for Civil Rights" by Rep. Charles Rangel, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 2, 2013.

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• World peace is threatened not only by weapons of mass destruction but also by conventional weapons which have led to countless violations of human rights, including the rights to life and to physical integrity. A strong treaty can contribute greatly to international and regional peace, security and stability.

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  Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

  Strong   Integrity   Violation Of Human Rights  

  "Countries Must Regulate Arms Trade to Prevent Human Rights Violations – UN Expert". news.un.org. July 27, 2012.

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• Anyone who believes in the natural and inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is obliged to accept that individuals have the right to buy and sell alcohol. That's why all the regulations that people take for granted-the restrictions on hours of operation, the ban on Sunday sales, the minimum distance from schools and churches, the minimum age, and the protection of local wineries from competition by wineries in other states-are illegitimate.

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  Sheldon Richman

  Distance   Believe   School  

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• Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.

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  Jimmy Carter

  Peace   Freedom   Opportunity  

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• We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

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  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Inspiring   Women   4th Of July  

  Declaration of Sentiments, First Woman's Rights

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• Scientific theories never dictate human values, but they can often cast new light on ethical issues. From a sexual selection viewpoint, moral philosophy and political theory have mostly been attempts to shift male human sexual competitiveness from physical violence to the peaceful accumulation of wealth and status. The rights to life, liberty, and property are cultural inventions that function, in part, to keep males from killing and stealing from one another while they compete to attract sexual partners.

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  Geoffrey Miller

  Philosophy   Issues   Rights  

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