“The whole of the Bill [of Rights] is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals... It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of.” PeopleWholeIndividualRightsArmsGunConstitutionBillsMajorityLibertarianCivil RightsAmendmentsLibertarianismDeclarationFreedom And LibertySecond AmendmentFreedom LibertyProperty RightsLimited GovernmentBill Of RightsRight To Bear ArmsBearing ArmsIndividual LibertyGun RightsIndividual RightsRights And FreedomsFounding Fathers GunConstitutional RightsHandguns2 AmendmentUs ConstitutionFounding Fathers Second AmendmentLimiting FreedomAmendment 1Constitutional GovernmentUnalienable Rights Author:Albert Gallatin
“The very inclusion of the right to keep and bear arms in the Bill of Rights shows that the framers of the Constitution considered it an individual right.” ShowsIndividualRightsArmsBearsConstitutionBillsInclusionBill Of RightsFramers Author:Samuel Ray Cummings
“Isn't our choice really not one of left or right, but of up or down? Down through the welfare state to statism, to more and more government largesse accompanied always by more government authority, less individual liberty, and ultimately, totalitarianism, always advanced as for our own good. The alternative is the dream conceived by our Founding Fathers, up to the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with an orderly society.” StatesDreamGovernmentChoicesFatherIndividualLeftLibertyAuthorityUltimateConstitutionAlternativesWelfareConsistentFoundingTotalitarianismOur Founding FathersOrderlyOur ChoicesWelfare StateIndividual LibertyIndividual FreedomLargesse Book:Speaking my mind: selected speeches Source: Speaking my mind: selected speeches
“The Constitution does not protect the sovereignty of States for the benefit of the States or state governments as abstract political entities, or even for the benefit of the public officials governing the States. To the contrary, the Constitution divides authority between federal and state governments for the protection of individuals.” DoeStatesGovernmentPoliticalIndividualProtectAuthorityBenefitsConstitutionProtectionContraryAbstractOfficialsDividesEntitySovereigntyGoverningState GovernmentPublic Officials Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“Despite our founding principles and the many ways our constitution has protected individual liberties, we do, let's admit it, have a long history of shutting people out--african americans, women, gays and lesbians, people with disabilities--and throughout our history, we have found too many ways to divide and exclude people from their ownership of the law and protection under the law.” PeopleWayLongLawFoundIndividualLibertyPrinciplesGayConstitutionProtectionDespiteAfrican AmericanDividesDisabilityProtectedOwnershipFoundingIndividual LibertyPeople With Disabilities Author:Hillary Clinton
“We cannot sanction the view that the Constitution, while solicitous of the cognitive content of individual speech, has little or no regard for that emotive function which, practically speaking, may often be the more important element of the overall message sought to be communicated.” MayLittlesImportantIndividualJusticeViewsSpeechElementsMessagesFunctionConstitutionRegardSanctionsCognitiveOften Is Author:John Marshall Harlan II
“I am a Republican because I believe in the constitution, strength in national defense, limited government, individual freedom, and personal responsibility as the concrete foundation for American government. They reinforce the resolve that the United States is the greatest country in the world and we can all be eternally grateful to our founding fathers for the beautiful legacy they left us today.” WorldBelieveCountryStatesGovernmentTodayBeautifulFatherIndividualLeftI BelieveUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesRepublicanConstitutionFoundationGratefulI Believe InDefenseLegacyResolveConcreteFoundingPersonal ResponsibilityOur Founding FathersLimited GovernmentAmerican GovernmentIndividual FreedomNational Defense Author:Martha Raye
“If one examines the American idea of freedom, the individual, free enterprise, their Constitution, their political and economic structures as well as their mode of exploiting their natural resources, all these are shrouded in the idea of justice.” IfsWellsIdeasPoliticalPoliticsIndividualNaturalJusticeEconomyEconomicResourcesConstitutionStructureLiberalismEnterpriseNatural ResourcesFree Enterprise Author:Ndabaningi Sithole
“Freedom of conscience is a natural right, both antecedent and superior to all human laws and institutions whatever; a right which laws never gave and a right which laws can never take away.” HumansReasonLawIndividualNaturalJusticeResponsibilityConscienceConstitutionIndependenceInstitutionsSuperiorsIndividual RightsFree Thought Author:John Goodwin