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Author
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Category
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Subject
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Content
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1
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Rousseau
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General
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Rights
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Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.
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2
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Thomas Jefferson
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Politics
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Rights
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We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal and independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent and inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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3
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Helen Keller
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Politics
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Rights
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There are no such things as divine, immutable or inalienable rights. Rights are things we get when we are strong enough to make good our claim to them.
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4
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Politics
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Rights
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The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.
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