Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I don't believe in changing the unchangeable.
Change is good. And in fact unavoidable.
It is a natural impossibility for any man to make a binding contract, by which he shall surrender to others a single one of what are commonly called his 'natural, inherent, inalienable rights.'
Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider himself as fully equal to any other person whatever.
Human rights will be a powerful force for the transformation of reality when they are not simply understood as externally defined norms of behavior but are lived as the spontaneous manifestation of internalized values.
No man can given anybody his freedom.
It is not possible that one man can convert another into a piece of property, thus at once annihilating all his personal rights, without the most flagrant injustice and usurpation.
The idea that being human and having rights are equivalent - that rights are inherent - is unintelligible in a Darwinian world.
Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away.
Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.