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"Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim."
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"If I am ever unexpectedly stopped in my car by the police, my response after pulling over in a populated area is to politely and clearly inform them that I am unarmed, I am recording everything, if they want to take me to the police station that they will need to appoint a lawyer, and I am now using my USA federal right to silence."

"The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more."

"You cannot defend human rights without fighting religious fanatics - regardless of one's own religious experience - it is unavoidable. Why? Because they are the ones who take issue with how other people live their lives instead of minding their own business."

"The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would solve."

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

"When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected."

"Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider himself as fully equal to any other person whatever."

"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."

"Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing."
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"This will be Iraq for all without discrimination among Iraqi citizens, or ethnic or sectarian discrimination."

"I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized."

"As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference."

"Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight."
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