Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [181-198] of 198 Civil Rights quotesCivil Rights QuotesCivil Rights Previous 20 quotes [The Bill of Rights is] designed to protect individuals and minorities against the tyranny of the majority, but it's also designed to protect the people against bureaucracy, against the government.~ Laurence Tribe Civil rights, as we may remember, are reducible to three primary heads; the right of personal security; the right of personal liberty; and the right of private property. In a state of slavery, the two last are wholly abolished, the person of the slave being at the absolute disposal of his master; and property, what he is incapable, in that state, either of acquiring, or holding, in his own use. Hence, it will appear how perfectly irreconcilable a state of slavery is to the principles of a democracy, which form the basis and foundation of our government.~ St. George Tucker Democracy, n.: A government of the masses. Authority derived through mass meeting or any other form of direct expression. Results in mobocracy. Attitude toward property is communistic... negating property rights. Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate, whether it is based upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or regard to consequences. Result is demagogism, license, agitation, discontent, [chaos].~ U. S. Army Training Manual No. 2000-25 The first duty of government is to protect the citizen from assault. Unless it does this, all the civil rights and civil liberties in the world aren't worth a dime.~ Richard A. Viguerie It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.~ Voltaire The tyranny of the many would be when one body takes over the rights of others, and then exercises its power to change the laws in its favor.~ Voltaire We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard.~ Voltaire I may not agree with what you say, but to the death I will defend your right to say it.~ Voltaire We are all full of weakness and errors, let us mutually pardon each other our follies. It is the first law of nature.~ Voltaire There is one 'word' that the message of the Bible is all about... and that is "LOVE"... different bible versions can be interpreted many ways... But, regardless how many times the wording is changed or interpreted... 'LOVE' always is the 'word' ~ Jesse Charles Wagner II If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.~ George Washington The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The fate of unborn millions will now depend on God, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.~ George Washington It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.~ John Wayne Most of the major ills of the world have been caused by well-meaning people who ignored the principle of individual freedom, except as applied to themselves, and who were obsessed with fanatical zeal to improve the lot of mankind.~ Henry Grady Weaver The real freedom of any individual can always be measured by the amount of responsibility which he must assume for his own welfare and security.~ Robert Welch The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise see in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.~ Walt Whitman If you mind your own business, you won't be minding mine.~ Hank Williams The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens.~ Wendell L. Willkie Previous 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print