Rights To Life Quotes:

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

- Thomas Jefferson

source: Declaration of Independence (1776).

topic: Life, Change, Happiness, Social Equality, Inaugural Speech

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

topic: Inspiring, Women, Equality, Social Equality, Social Groups

We discovered that peace at any price is no peace at all. We discovered that life at any price has no value whatever; that life is nothing without the privileges, the prides, the rights, the joys which make it worth living, and also worth giving. And we also discovered that there is something more hideous, more atrocious than war or than death; and that is to live in fear.

- Eve Curie

topic: Fear, War, Pride, Rights To Life, Hideous

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

topic: Freedom, Opportunity, Peaceful, Peaceful Coexistence, Coexistence

Animals are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time.

- Henry Beston

source: Henry Beston, Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (2001). “The Best of Beston: A Selection from the Natural World of Henry Beston from Cape Cod to the St. Lawrence”, p.18, David R. Godine Publisher

topic: Animal, Caught, Life And Time, Incompleteness, Human Will

This country was founded upon the principle that we are all endowed with certain inalienable rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - those rights are what make America great, and they belong to each and every one of us.

- Charles Rangel

source: "The Struggle Continues for Civil Rights" by Rep. Charles Rangel, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 2, 2013.

topic: Country, Pursuit Of Happiness, Rights, Life Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness, Rights To Life

World peace is threatened not only by weapons of mass destruction but also by conventional weapons which have led to countless violations of human rights, including the rights to life and to physical integrity. A strong treaty can contribute greatly to international and regional peace, security and stability.

- Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

source: "Countries Must Regulate Arms Trade to Prevent Human Rights Violations – UN Expert". news.un.org. July 27, 2012.

topic: Strong, Integrity, Rights, Violation Of Human Rights, Rights To Life

the right to marry whoever one wishes is an elementary human right ... Even political rights, like the right to vote, and nearly all other rights enumerated in the Constitution, are secondary to the inalienable human rights to 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence; and to this category the right to home and marriage unquestionably belongs.

- Hannah Arendt

source: Hannah Arendt (2009). “Responsibility and Judgment”, p.203, Schocken

topic: Home, Pursuit Of Happiness, Rights, Life Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness, Declaration Of Independence

The rights to life, liberty and property were not meant to be subject to the vagaries of majority rule.

- Ilana Mercer

source: "Life, Liberty and Property". www.wnd.com. May 15, 2009.

topic: Rights, Liberty, Were Not Meant To Be, Rights To Life, Majority Rule

The function of our Government is to insure to all its citizens, now and hereafter, their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If we of this generation destroy the resources from which our children would otherwise derive their livelihood, we reduce the capacity of our land to support a population, and so either degrade the standard of living or deprive the coming generations of their fight to life on this continent.

- Theodore Roosevelt

topic: Children, Fighting, Pursuit Of Happiness, Life Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness, Rights To Life

Scientific theories never dictate human values, but they can often cast new light on ethical issues. From a sexual selection viewpoint, moral philosophy and political theory have mostly been attempts to shift male human sexual competitiveness from physical violence to the peaceful accumulation of wealth and status. The rights to life, liberty, and property are cultural inventions that function, in part, to keep males from killing and stealing from one another while they compete to attract sexual partners.

- Geoffrey Miller

topic: Philosophy, Issues, Rights, Ethical Issues, Moral Philosophy

The Constitution guarantees us our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's all. It doesn't guarantee our rights to charity.

- Jesse Ventura

source: Jesse Ventura (2000). “I Ain't Got Time to Bleed: Reworking the Body Politic from the Bottom Up”, p.17, Villard

topic: Life, Pursuit Of Happiness, Rights, Life Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness, Rights To Life

Anyone who believes in the natural and inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is obliged to accept that individuals have the right to buy and sell alcohol. That's why all the regulations that people take for granted-the restrictions on hours of operation, the ban on Sunday sales, the minimum distance from schools and churches, the minimum age, and the protection of local wineries from competition by wineries in other states-are illegitimate.

- Sheldon Richman

topic: Distance, Believe, School, Life Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness, Rights To Life