"People are usually surprised to discover that I hate the phrase "constitutional rights." I hate the phrase because it…"

"'That which has no existence cannot be destroyed — that which cannot be destroyed cannot require anything to preserve…"

"The absolute rights of man, considered as a free agent, endowed with discernment to know good from evil, and with pow…"

"The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights."

"A right, in the abstract, is a fact; it is not a thing to be given, established, or conferred; it is. Of the exercise…"

"The fundamental source of all your errors, sophisms, and false reasonings, is a total ignorance of the natural rights…"

"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as w…"

"In recent years it has been suggested that the Second Amendment protects the "collective" right of states to maintain…"

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with …"

"One can conclude that certain essential, or fundamental, rights should exist in any just society. It does not follow …"