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“As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all.”

Rights Military Permit Constitutional Rights

Book:McClellan's Own Story: The War for the Union

Source: McClellan's Own Story: The War for the Union

“There is no such thing as absolute free speech; there are only absolute rights of private property. Speech is circumscribed by private property rights. You may deliver a disquisition in my virtual or actual living room only if I permit you to so do.”

Ifs May Rooms Rights Speech Absolutes Property Permit Free Speech Living Room Private Property Property Rights

Author:Ilana Mercer

“I don't find any difference between Islam and Islamic fundamentalists. I believe religion is the root, and from the root fundamentalism grows as a poisonous stem. If we remove fundamentalism and keep religion, then one day or another fundamentalism will grow again. I need to say that because some liberals always defend Islam and blame fundamentalists for creating problems. But Islam itself oppresses women. Islam itself doesn't permit democracy and it violates human rights.”

“The rights of some must not be enjoyed by denying the rights of others. Neither can we permit states' rights at the expense of human rights.”

Humans States Rights Human Rights Enjoyed Expenses Permit States Rights

Author:George W. Romney

“An institution that...would permit Iraq, a terrorist state that refuses to disarm, to become soon the chair of the United Nations Commission on Disarmament, and which recently elected Libya - a terrorist state - to chair the United Nations Commission on Human Rights of all things, seems not to be even struggling to regain credibility. That these acts of irresponsibility could happen now, at this moment in history, is breathtaking.”

“Because adoption meets the needs of children so successfully, and because there have long been waiting lists of couples hoping to adopt babies and children, it would seem that the solution for abused or neglected kids was obvious. But not to the do-gooders. To remove a child from an abusive parent, sever the parent's parental rights, and permit the child to be adopted by a couple who would give the child a loving home began to seem too 'judgmental.'”

Source: Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help and the Rest of Us

“Peace is a civil right which makes other human rights possible. Peace is a precondition for our existence. Peace permits our continued existence.”

Humans Peace Existence Rights Human Rights Permit

Author:Dennis Kucinich