Thursday 4 July 2013

Rights - Quotes

A right is not what someone gives you; it’s what no one can take from you. - Ramsey Clark

Anyone who wishes to go far and live long in life must learn to get what he wants without violating the rights of others. - Unknown

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights. - John Wooden

Demanding your rights means doing your duty too. - Unknown

Dont get so busy exercising your right to dissent that you neglect your duty to contribute. - Unknown

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is important. - Thomas Henry Huxley

Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this. - Eleanor Roosevelt

The greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong. - William Randolph

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. - Hubert Humphrey

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right. - William Safire

They have a right to censure that have a heart to help. - William Penn

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free. - Charles Evans Hughes

While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening is what makes that right important. - Walter Lippmann

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