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Personally, when it comes to rights, I think one of two things is true: I think either we have unlimited rights, or we have no rights at all. Personally, I lean toward unlimited rights - I feel, for instance, I have the right to do anything I please. But, if I do something you don't like, I think you have the right to kill me. So where you gonna find a fairer #ing deal than that? So the next time some asshole says to you, "I have a right to my opinion," you say, "Oh yeah? Well, I have a right to my opinion, and my opinion is that you have no right to your opinion." Then shoot the # and walk away!
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
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originally posted by: Profusion
Logically speaking, our human rights are inherent within us.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
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originally posted by: dawnstar
human rights aren't granted to us by the government, they are acknowledged and protected. till they are it's up to you yourself to stand up and do whatever you can to protect those rights yourself. throughout history, we have traded those rights for convenience and luxury which is why we find ourselves not as free as we want to be.
We are born with human rights, granted by our rights of being humans,
To make it short, governments take our natural rights away.
originally posted by: DJW001
We have no natural rights. Nature is, as Hobbes observed, red in tooth and claw. Rights exist only in a social context. Liberal governments grant everyone many rights, totalitarian ones merely grant a few people privileges.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty & the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
originally posted by: DJW001
a reply to: MotherMayEye
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty & the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
In other words, the Founders knew that governments were necessary if these "natural rights" were to be exercised; otherwise Hobbes' jungle would prevail.