We all have a constitutional right to be safe in our homes and our communities.
As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.
Another privilege of a citizen of the United States is to demand the care and protection of the Federal government over his life, liberty, and property when on the high seas or within the jurisdiction of a foreign government.
The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.
In the same way we all have a right to bear arms, we all have a right to live.
Patients who have suffered appalling medical negligence, abused children ignored by social services, mistreated residents of care homes - they have all been given a voice by the Human Rights Act.
There is no right more fundamental than the right to be born and reared with all the dignity the human person deserves.
I have concluded, after consultation with my friends and earnestly seeking counsel of God, to remain at Alton, and here to insist on protection in the exercise of my rights.
