Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty. — John D. Rockefeller
We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities. — Bill Maher
People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights. — Indira Gandhi
Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights. — John Wooden
Your rights matter, because you never know when you're going to need them. — Edward Snowden
Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life. — Jimmy Carter
A child, like all other human beings, has inalienable rights. — Lucretia Mott
Responsibility is the price of freedom. — Elbert Hubbard
the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. — Thomas Jefferson
All persons who bear the blessed title of parent have the personal responsibility to see that their children are growing up fully appreciative of the rights of God and their fellowmen. — J. Edgar Hoover
Tolerance and human rights require each other. — Simon Wiesenthal
Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. — Dalai Lama
There is no coloration to rights. Everybody has rights. I don't care who you are, where you come from. You got rights. I got rights. All God's children got rights. — Julian Bond
Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself. — Robert Green Ingersoll
It takes no compromise to give people their rights — Harvey Milk
Short Rights Quotes
The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions. — Claude Levi-Strauss
Don't wait. The time will never be just right. — Napoleon Hill
Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right. — Lao Tzu
Graphic design will save the world right after rock and roll does. — David Carson
Live your life. Take chances. Be crazy. Don't wait. Because right now is the oldest you've ever been and the youngest you'll ever be again.
With Rights Come Responsibilities Quotes
The moment a woman comes home to herself, the moment she knows that she has become a person of influence, an artist of her life, a sculptor of her universe, a person with rights and responsibilities who is respected and recognized, the resurrection of the world begins. — Joan D. Chittister
We would very much like to see Iran take a position as a responsible leader that doesn't intimidate or threaten or scare its neighbors and others. But the choice is really up to Iran and we're going to keep working to try to come out with the right decision. — Hillary Clinton
With the right to bear arms comes a great responsibility to use caution and common sense on handgun purchases. — Ronald Reagan
If things go wrong, don’t go with them.
What makes America special is that people come here, assimilate and become American with all of the rights and responsibilities citizenship bestows. — Zoe Lofgren
I think cinema is better today that you can be more daring with what you do. If you do it well. With that comes a responsibility not to bore people with vulgarity and all that stuff. To know how to do it right, know how to lay it out there. — Ben Gazzara
Sometime in the coming century, people will rack their brains pondering how nations with tremendous scientific and intellectual achievements could have given uninstructed and untrained men and women the right to vote equally uninstructed and untrained people into responsible positions. — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyways.
At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through tax payments and citizenship. — Lucy Powell
Today women have the rights and equality our Victorian sisters could only dream of, and with those privileges comes the responsibility of standing up and being counted. — Sara Sheridan
Rights And Duties Quotes
There must be a world revolution which puts an end to all materialistic conditions hindering woman from performing her natural role in life and driving her to carry out man's duties in order to be equal in rights. — Colonel Muhammar Qaddafi
When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties. — Marquis de Lafayette
"Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty." — Oscar Romero
Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start being excited of what could go right.
The Church must take right ground in regard to politics... Politics are a part of a religion in such a country as this, and Christians must do their duty to the country as part of their duty to God... God will bless or curse this nation, according to the course Christians take in politics. — Charles Grandison Finney
Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual… Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us. — John Hancock
Insurrection is the most sacred of rights and the most indispensable of duties. — Marquis de Lafayette
Knowledge is having the right answer. Intelligence is asking the right questions.
Transparency is for those who carry out public duties and exercise public power. Privacy is for everyone else. — Glenn Greenwald
It is long overdue for parents to realize they have the right and duty to protect our children against the intolerant evolutionists. — Phyllis Schlafly
I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution. — Thomas Jefferson
Roles And Responsibilities Quotes
I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it. — Ann Richards
Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other. — Jane Goodall
Every great leader knows that his or her role comes with responsibility for those who follow him or her, and in ensuring they provide value in return for their loyalty. — Lewis Howes
My life has definitely changed since 'Modern Family.' The show has made me more responsible, I really want to be a good role model for all kids so I have to think about what I say and do and how it looks to other kids! — Ariel Winter
Let us be good stewards of the Earth we inherited. All of us have to share the Earth's fragile ecosystems and precious resources, and each of us has a role to play in preserving them. If we are to go on living together on this earth, we must all be responsible for it. — Kofi Annan
Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating. Youngsters need good models more than they need critics. It's one of a parent's greatest responsibilities and opportunities. — John Wooden
I think that when you are in the limelight it is part of your obligation to be a good role model. A lot of kids look up to you, and you are given a God-given talent, so it is your responsibility. It isn't hard to deal with. I never have to think twice about doing anything. — Curtis Joseph
We believe that the government has an important role to create the conditions that promote entrepreneurship, upward mobility, and individual responsibility. — Paul Ryan
I love making movies, and being in any that I can be in. I'd like to be in those giant movies, as the fifth or sixth lead, and have three or four killer scenes. You don't have the responsibility of the entire movie being on you. I like those roles. I'm shooting for the middle. — Bill Burr
I know this is going to sound cheesy and like I'm trying to be Miss America, but the most important responsibility a celebrity has is to set an example and be a role model. — Clay Aiken
Duties And Responsibilities Quotes
It is by education that we become prepared for our duties and responsibilities in life. If one is badly educated he must naturally fail in the proper assumption and practice of his duties and responsibilities. — Marcus Garvey
We have to strike a balance of responsibility between our duty to update other sources of energy, protecting the environment, protecting our environment and ensuring a proper legacy for the next generations. — Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
It is both the duty and responsibility of the world's fortunate few to help fulfil the legitimate aspirations of the unfortunate many — Haile Selassie
Capital markets have allowed companies and countries to flourish. But access to capital is not a right. It is a privilege. And the duty to attract that capital in a responsible and sustainable way lies with you. — Larry Fink
Going to where the silence is. That is the responsibility of a journalist: giving a voice to those who have been forgotten, forsaken, and beaten down by the powerful. — Amy Goodman
And then you have the responsibility and the duty of being good examples to youngsters, not smoke, training hard, go to bed early, don't drink alcohol, don't take drugs, it's very important to have a policy for educating against doping. — Alberto Juantorena
Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called. — Bill Shuster
Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify ourselves worthy of a glorious past. — Muhammad Ali Jinnah
I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love. — King Edward VIII
Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office. — William Howard Taft
Rights And Privileges Quotes
History shows that it does not matter who is in power or what revolutionary forces take over the government, those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end than they had in the beginning. — Carter G. Woodson
The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations And Religions; whom we shall wellcome to a participation of all our rights and previleges... — George Washington
Women will be no longer made the slaves of, or dependent upon men ... They will be equal in education, rights, privileges and personal liberty. — Robert Owen
Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul. — Pythagoras
The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part is entitled to, and ought to enjoy. — Benjamin Franklin
Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. — Noah Webster
Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them." - Franklin D. Roosevelt — Franklin D. Roosevelt
White privilege is the unquestioned and unearned set of advantages, entitlements benefits and choices bestowed on people solely because they are white. Generally white people who experience such privilege do so without being conscious of it. — Peggy McIntosh
Good food is a right, not a privilege. It brings children into a positive relationship with their health, community and environment. — Alice Waters
It is not the trials in your life that develop or destroy you, but rather your response to those hardships. — Charles Stanley
Me, I don’t want any children, I don’t want responsibility. I am gay, I smoke weed and I do exactly what I want in my life because of my talent. I represent an ideal which others have had to let go and they blame me for that. Especially men. — George Michael
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month. — Theodore Roosevelt
This generation of Christians is responsible for this generation of souls on the earth! — Keith Green
By its very definition, civic responsibility means taking a healthy role in the life of one's community. That means that classroom lessons should be complemented by work outside the classroom. Service-learning does just that, tying community service to academic learning. — John Glenn
If there is any responsibility in the cycle of life it must be that one generation owes to the next that strength by which it can come to face ultimate concerns in its own way. — Erik H. Erickson
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. — Albert Ellis
Feelings of love and gratitude arise directly and spontaneously in the baby in response to the love and care of his mother. — Melanie Klein
We have learnt, rather too late, that action comes, not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny. — Bob Marley
There's nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right. — Michael Faraday
One of these days... One of these days... Pow! Right in the kisser! — Jackie Gleason
Why put off kicking somebody's *ss next week when I can do it right now. — The Undertaker
When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. — Victor Hugo
If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it. — Mark Twain
Champions keep playing until they get it right. — Billie Jean King
When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always. — Rita Rudner
I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way. — Robert Frost
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