“I still want my right to defend myself. A railroad operation, and you know it, from Nixon on down. they got you running around violating my constitutional rights.”

— Bobby Seale

Transcript from Seale's conspiracy case as part of the Chicago 8 (October 1968)

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American activist 1936

Michael Nava (1954) American writer

"This is the LAPD we're talking about, Kim. It would be shocking if they hadn't violated her rights."
Source: Henry Rios series of novels, Rag and Bone (2001), p.225

“The tiger that assails me is in the right, and I who strike him down am also in the right. I defend against him not my right, but myself.”

Max Stirner book The Ego and Its Own

S. Byington, trans. (1913), p. 191
The Ego and Its Own (1845)

“On this solemn occasion, I dedicate myself to the service of my people. I will defend the faith. I will uphold the Constitution. I will maintain the right.”

Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927–2017) King of Malaysia

Installation of the 28th Kedah Sultan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwsBj29BaP4 20/2/1959

“You know I need your love, you got that hold over me.
As long as I got your love, you know that I'll never leave.
When I wanted you to share my life, I had no doubt in my mind.
And it's been you, woman, right down the line.”

Gerry Rafferty (1947–2011) Scottish singer and songwriter

Right Down the Line.
Song lyrics, City to City (1978)

“I wanted something that was direct – right to you eye.... something you didn't have to look around – you got the whole thing right away.”

Frank Stella (1936) American artist

Quotes, 1960 - 1970

“Well I know what's right, I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin' me around
But I'll stand my ground
And I won't back down.”

Tom Petty (1950–2017) American musician

I Won't Back Down
Lyrics, Full Moon Fever (1989)

“You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant
Walk right in, it's around the back
Just a half a mile from the railroad track
You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant”

Arlo Guthrie (1947) American folk singer

The Chorus of the song. The only part that is actually sung in the song. At the end of the performance, after the first line is sung, Arlo will quickly add in the phrase "Excepting Alice."
Alice's Restaurant Massacree

“I love you. Still not the right word, but i know you want to hear it.”

Sylvia Day (1973) American writer

Source: Reflected in You

“I want to defend fracking under the right circumstances… I want to defend this stuff. And you know, I'm already at odds with the most organized and wildest [of the environmental movement]. They come to my rallies and they yell at me and, you know, all the rest of it. They say, 'Will you promise never to take any fossil fuels out of the earth ever again?”

Hillary Clinton (1947) American politician, senator, Secretary of State, First Lady

No. I won't promise that. Get a life, you know.
Private meeting with the Building Trades Union (9 September 2015), WikiLeaks. Quoted in "Clinton to environmentalists: 'Get a life'" http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/clinton-to-environmentalists-get-a-life/article/2604626 by John Siciliano, Washington Examiner (15 October 2016).
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“I will defend my right to confess my faith, so that no one else would be deprived of their right to freedom of religion and speech. I hold to the view that my expressions are legal, and they should not be censored. I will not back down from my views. I will not be intimidated into hiding my faith.”

Päivi Räsänen (1959) Finnish politician

Source: The Persecution of a Finnish Parliamentarian https://www.ncregister.com/news/the-persecution-of-a-finnish-parliamentarian (December 15, 2020)

“I still want my right to defend myself. A railroad operation, and you know it, from Nixon on down. they got you running around violating my constitutional rights.”

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