John Stuart Mill Quotes
Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.
John Stuart Mill
Quotes to Explore
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Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Patrick Henry
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Our first manager really pushed that we not sell our publishing rights, which is one of the earliest things an artist will do: They'll sell in order to get a cash advance.
Isaac Hanson
Hanson
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Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.
Frances Wright
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As I prepare for my second term as Secretary-General, I am thinking hard about how we can meet the expectations of the millions of people who see the U.N.'s blue flag as a banner of hope. We have to continue our life-saving work in peacekeeping, human rights, development and humanitarian relief.
Ban Ki-moon
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If someone tried to deprive you of your rights, you've got to resist it. You've got to resent it. You've got to fight against it.
A. Philip Randolph
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
Calvin Coolidge
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I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen.
Nat King Cole
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The term 'human rights defender,' incidentally, isn't something I or my attorneys came up with. Personally, I find it a little embarrassing.
Ward Churchill
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San Francisco can start right now to become number one. We can set examples so that others will follow. We can start overnight. We don't have to wait for budgets to be passed, surveys to be made, political wheelings and dealings ... for it takes no money ... It takes no compromising to give the people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression.
Harvey Milk
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The peasants of Sicily, who have kept their own wheat and make their own natural brown bread, ah, it is amazing how fresh and sweet and clean their loaf seems, so perfumed, as home-made bread used all to be before the war.
D. H. Lawrence
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Islam's not just about covering your hair. It's about how you treat other people.
Bassem Youssef
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Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.
John Stuart Mill