If some people got their rights they would complain of being deprived of their wrongs. Oliver Herford
Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law. Ayn Rand
Only he who is uncompromising as to his rights maintains the sense of duty. Albert Camus
Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having. Mahatma Gandhi
When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights. G K Chesterton
In law, a man is guilty when he violates the rights of another. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so. Immanuel Kant
The rights of one are as sacred as the rights of a million. Eugene Debs
If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this country. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley