Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2004-07-22 Jul 22, 2004From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.~ Carl SchurzGive to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.~ Robert G. IngersollI am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.~ Robert G. Ingersoll Jul 21, 2004Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.~ Edmund BurkeLet everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.~ Johann Wolfgang von GoetheNo shade tree? Blame not the sun, but yourself.~ Unknown Jul 20, 2004Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.~ John WoodenBe more aware of your responsibilities than of your rights.~ UnknownI will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.~ John Enoch Powell Jul 19, 2004Any single man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; we are all qualified, entitled, and morally obliged to evaluate the conduct of our rulers. This political judgment, moreover, is not simply or primarily a right, but like self-preservation, a duty to God. As such it is a judgment that men cannot part with according to the God of Nature. It is the first and foremost of our inalienable rights without which we can preserve no other.~ John Locke Jul 16, 2004Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed, if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not so costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no chance of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.~ Sir Winston Churchill Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print