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If someone tried to deprive you of your rights, you've got to resist it. You've got to resent it. You've got to fight against it.

To be honest, sometimes you have to know your rights.

The thing about rights is that in the end you can't prove what should be considered a right.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

The stronger you stand on your principles, the easier it is to fight. The first time, it's tough, but the second time, it's always easier. You just have to push for your rights.

Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their rights. Rights are never given to you. They have to be fought for and they have to be taken.

Under the worst conditions, horrendous conditions, people still, you know, fight for their rights and don't just succumb.

A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.

The First Amendment rights, everybody has them.

I have always believed that I should have had no difficulty in causing my rights to be respected.