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"Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights."
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"Not being treated as equal IS oppression."

"The principle is twofold, do not forget. The book, as a book, belongs to the author, but as a thought, it belongs " the word is not too extreme " to the human race. All intelligences, all minds, are eligible, all own it. If one of these two rights, the right of the writer and the right of the human mind, were to be sacrificed, it would certainly be the right of the writer, because the public interest is our only concern, and that must take precedence in anything that comes before us."

"Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing."

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

"Time will come and riding horses will be seen by the whole society as a severe animal rights violation!"

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

"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."
Explore more quotes by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

"To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual."

"When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated."

"We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest."

"An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think."

"Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions."

"It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value."
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