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“Man's rights are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature.”

Men Firsts Self Law Rights Duty Branches Evident Preservation Laws Of Nature Self Preservation Deductions Natural Rights

Book:Samuel Adams: selections from his writings

Source: Samuel Adams: selections from his writings

“The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised.”

People Littles Bigs Strong Rights Duty Weak Sacred

Author:Victor Hugo

“Dictatorship nations are outlaws. Any free nation had the right to invade Nazi Germany and, today, has the right to invade Soviet Russia, Cuba, or any other slave pen. Whether a free nation chooses to do so or not is a matter of its own self-interest, not of respect for the nonexistent 'rights' of gang rulers. It is not a free nation's duty to liberate other nations at the price of self-sacrifice, but a free nation has the right to do it, when and if it so chooses.”

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Author:Ayn Rand

“The duties are even more important than the rights; and in the long run I think that the reward is ampler and greater for duty well done, than for the insistence upon individual rights.”

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Book:A Square Deal

Source: A Square Deal

“From the first moment of life, men ought to begin learning to deserve to live; and, as at the instant of birth we partake of the rights of citizenship, that instant ought to be the beginning of the exercise of our duty.”

Men Firsts Moments Rights Duty Ought Birth Exercise Deserve Instant Citizenship Moments Of Life

Book:The social contract: and, Discourses

Source: The social contract: and, Discourses

“I think in short order all of us need to act like we are citizens with not only rights, but also duties.”

Thinking Needs Order Rights Duty Citizens

Author:Cecily McMillan

“We all have a responsibility, and as Rabbi Heschel, one of my prophets, has put it: "Those who condone, or are silent, in the face of injustice, are more guilty than the perpetrators." And so, to the degree we pretend to be a democracy, we have a corresponding duty to be activist enough to prevent our human rights form being infringed upon.”

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Author:Ray McGovern

“As animal rights activists, we have the duty to fight for the animal to live, not die.”

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Author:Shane Barbi