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The theory of rights enables us to rise and overthrow obstacles, b

The theory of rights enables us to rise and overthrow obstacles, but not to found a strong and lasting accord between all the elements which compose the nation. – Giuseppe Mazzini

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Love your country. Your country is the land where your parents sleep, where is spoken that language in which the chosen of your heart, blushing, whispered the first word of love; it is the home that God has given you that by striving to perfect yourselves therein you may prepare to ascend to him. – Giuseppe Mazzini

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The public good is in nothing more essentially interested than in the protection of every individuals private rights. – William Blackstone

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Civil Rights: What black folks are given in the U.S. on the installment plan, as in civil-rights bills. Not to be confused with human rights, which are the dignity, stature, humanity, respect, and freedom belonging to all people by right of their birth. – Dick Gregory

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There are those who say to you — we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late. – Hubert Humphrey

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The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more. – Georges Bernanos

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