Thomas Paine Quote

Natural rights are those which always appertain to man in right of his existence. Of this kind are all the intellectual rights, or rights of the mind, and also all those rights of acting as an individual for his own comfort and happiness, which are not injurious to the rights of others.

The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: To which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life (ed. 1835)