Our rights remain rights only as long as we have the prudence not to test them -

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• It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things:
  freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence...
• When you outlaw rights,
  only outlaws will have rights...
• The rights you have are the rights given you by this Committee [the House Un-American Activities Committee].
  We will determine what rights you have and what rights...
• The rights you have are the rights given you by this Committee [the House Un-American Activities Committee].
  We will determine what rights you have and what rights...
• We had the sky, up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them,
  and discuss about whether they was made, or only just...
• So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights,
  we'll be called a democracy. -- Roger Baldwin, founder...
• The only way women could have equal rights would be
  to surrender some...