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We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. Abraham Lincoln

Men, People, Constitution, Congress, Who

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual. Thomas Jefferson

Equality, Law, Action, Limits, Liberty

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. Thomas Jefferson

Mind, Law, Oppression, Will, Protect

Pakistan is not going to be a theocratic State - to be ruled by priests with a divine mission. We have many non-Muslims - Hindus, Christians, and Parsis - but they are all Pakistanis. They will enjoy the same rights and privileges as any other citizens and will play their rightful part in the affairs of Pakistan. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Enjoy, Mission, Play, Will, Same, Rights

Sometimes I think that I was forced to withdraw into depression because it was the only rightful protest I could throw in the face of a world that said it was alright for people to come and go as they please, that there were simply no real obligations left. Elizabeth Wurtzel

Depression, People, World, Face, Think

We need a spirit of victory, a spirit that will carry us to our rightful place under the sun, a spirit which can recognize that we, as inheritors of a proud civilization, are entitled to our rightful place on this planet. If that indomitable spirit were to arise, nothing can hold us from achieving our rightful destiny. C. V. Raman

Sun, Victory, Proud, Destiny, Achieving

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets. - Abraham Lincoln

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets. Abraham Lincoln

Peaceful, Bullets, Ballots

The white usurpation in our common country must be stopped, or we, its rightful owners, be forever destroyed and wiped out as a race of people. I am now at the head of many warriors backed by the strong arm of English soldiers. Choctaws and Chickasaws, you have too long borne with grievous usurpation inflicted by the arrogant Americans. Tecumseh

I Am, People, Strong, You, Long, White

You must have anger, as rightful wrath is what makes you create your own ethical standards. Kamal Haasan

Anger, You, Create, Standards, Ethical

The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual. Friedrich Durrenmatt

Right, Individual, Existential, Dissent

It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where their children's and grandchildren's fates, are decided. Hillary Clinton

Women, Children, Time, Men, Past, Place

The crown is not my right, and pleaseth me not. The Lady Mary is the rightful heir. Jane Grey

Me, Crown, Lady, Right, Mary, Heir

He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief. Jose Marti

Trust, Money, Wishes, Thief, Own, Who

In the fallen there is danger of pride and vainglory, since they prefer their own judgment to the judgment of everyone else, usurping what is not their own by setting themselves up as judges in their own cause when the rightful judge is their superior. Saint Ignatius

Pride, Judge, Judges, Judgment, Own, Up

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention. Thomas Aquinas

War, Intention, Three, Authority, First

We need to transform our rural areas, restore the land to its rightful owners, and significantly grow our agricultural output. Cyril Ramaphosa

Grow, Land, Need, Rural, Restore, Our

Let sovereignty be granted us over a portion of the earth's surface large enough to satisfy our rightful requirements as a nation. The rest we shall manage for ourselves. Theodor Herzl

Rest, Enough, Earth, Over, Nation, Us

There's nothing secret about it. Everyone knows that I am waiting for my real parents, the king and queen, to come restore me to my rightful throne. Meg Cabot

Queen, I Am, Parents, King, Waiting, Me

The dual scourge of hunger and malnutrition will be truly vanquished not only when granaries are full, but also when people's basic health needs are met and women are given their rightful role in societies. Gro Harlem Brundtland

Women, Health, People, Will, Hunger

The answer to many of the domestic problems we face is not higher taxes and more spending. It is less waste, more results and greater freedom for the individual American to earn a rightful place in his own community - and for States and localities to address their own needs in their own ways, in the light of their own priorities. Richard M. Nixon

Community, Freedom, Light, Face, Results

If the basic structure of Grameen is changed, the worry is that the poor women who are the rightful owners of the bank will be disenfranchised. Muhammad Yunus

Women, Worry, Poor, Will, Structure, Who

I used to think that nails-down-a-chalkboard was the worst sound in the world. Then I moved on to people-eating-cereal-on-the-phone. But only this week did I stumble across the rightful winner: it's the sound of a baggage carousel coming to a grinding halt, having reunited every passenger on your flight with their luggage, except for you. Sloane Crosley

World, Think, Winner, You, Week, Flight

In the absence of federal leadership, Coloradans should take our rightful role as leaders seriously and work with other states and countries to reduce carbon emissions. Jared Polis

Work, Leadership, Seriously, Take, Role

Education gives girls the knowledge, experience, and confidence to play their rightful role in society. Tedros Adhanom

Education, Confidence, Knowledge, Play

If telecom are seen as a rightful infrastructure for the growth of many other sectors in the economy and the multiplier force, then I think it doesn't deserve to be taxed so high. Sunil Mittal

Growth, Think, Deserve, Economy, High

War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name. Aaron Huey

Death, War, Face, Name, Engage, Call

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