Answer: A right is a freedom that is protected, such as the right to free speech and religion. A responsibility is a duty or something you should do, such as recycling or doing your homework.

Rights and responsibilities help make our communities better. Rights are freedoms we have that are protected by our laws, while responsibilities are duties or things that we should do. In order to be good citizens, or members of a community, we must understand our rights and responsibilities.

While U.S. citizenship provides many rights, it also involves many responsibilities. Civic duties ensure that democratic values written into the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are upheld. Responsibilities include both those that are voluntary as well as those required by law.

That same rule of law, however, requires all citizens to exercise some responsibility. Failure to obey police officers is not a right, and if the practice continues, it will destroy the very rule of law that protects these looters. There are no rights without responsibilities.

Rights and duties are closely related and cannot be separated from one another. For every right, there is a corresponding duty. The State protects and enforces rights and it is the duty of all citizens to be loyal to the state. Thus a citizen has both Rights and Duties.

A perfect balance between rights and duties is must to achieve local and national development goals. Unless we promote the culture of duty and responsibility, the aims and objectives enshrined in the Preamble, and under Article 51A of the Constitution, cannot be truly achieved in letter and spirit.