""Freedom from fear" could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights."

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""Freedom from fear" could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights."

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"It is more informative how we treat things with no defined legal rights, than how we treat things with legal rights."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"Your right in a civilized society is to have freedom."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"People that have a police car behind them pulling them over should put on their hazard lights and continue slowly driving to the nearest densely populated public place, such as a supermarket or shopping center. Pull over outside the busy entrance and start your video camera. Inform the police officer that you are video recording and very slowly give the requested documentation. Exercise your legal right to silence while the many independent witnesses video record the unexpected stop that rudely interrupts your day. If you are given a ticket, choose to go to court. It will give you time to obtain independent legal advice about the allegation."

Steven Magee, British Author

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"Therefore, states are equal in natural rights."

William H. Seward, American Statesman

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"How dare a person tell a woman, how to dress, how to talk, how to behave! Any being who does that, is no human."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right."

Barack Obama, American President

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"We really have to be willing to find out who we are instead of rebelling for the equal rights that we've been denied, that we do deserve."

Andrew Cohen, American Writer

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"Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular majority."

Diane Watson, American Politician

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"The theory of rights enables us to rise and overthrow obstacles, but not to found a strong and lasting accord between all the elements which compose the nation."

Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian Activist

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"Freedom of speech doesn't mean threatening the freedom of others."

Vikrmn, Indian Author

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"We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours."

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""Freedom from fear" could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights."

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"It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character."

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"Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon."

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"Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy."

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"Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness."

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"I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive."

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"The myths have always condemned those who "looked back." Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision."

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"Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up."

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"The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside."

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