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We can never protect the rights by only thinking about our rights. By performing the universal responsibility with a compassionate mind, you can protect your own right and that of others.

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.

We must never forget that many around the globe are denied the basic rights we enjoy as Americans. If we are to continue enjoying these privileges and freedoms we must accept our mission of expanding democracy around the globe.

The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.

We throw to the winds the old dogma that governments can give rights. Before governments were organized, no one denies that each individual possessed the right to protect his own life, liberty and property.

We seek the right to play our part in advancing the cause of national defense and national unity. But certainly, there can be no true national unity where one-tenth of the population is denied their basic rights as American citizens.

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen.

But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.

May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.