Rights Are Not Gifts From Government: 13 Essential Quotes on Liberty
From Tenth Amendment Center March 2, 2020 newsletter:
“Thomas Paine called them “imprescriptible rights.” Richard Henry Lee said they came from the “law of nature.” Jefferson reminds us that free people “claim their rights.”
In short, they understood these as NATURAL RIGHTS.
If you’re like me, it absolutely makes your skin crawl when you hear people refer to their rights by amendment number.
Because, as John Dickinson put it in 1776, “Our liberties do not come from charters, for these are only the declaration of pre-existing rights.”
This is a message I believe is so incredibly important to cover – again and again and again. Because as long as people continue to incorrectly refer to their rights as being “granted” by a document – then those who claim the power to “define” them will continue to restrict and attack them.” ~ Michael Boldin
Rights are not gifts from government: 13 Essential Quotes on Liberty
by Michael Boldin
February 26, 2020
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Thomas Paine called them “imprescriptible rights.” Richard Henry Lee said they came from the “law of nature.” Jefferson reminds us that free people “claim their rights.” But the founders and old revolutionaries didn’t create the notion of natural rights, it was a long part of the American tradition well-before the Declaration of Independence.
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Sorry, Mr. Madison, but we are just that lazy and just that crazy!
Just in case his worst-case scenario should come to pass, though, Mr. Madison left us with an inventory of “powerful” weapons that he said states would have “at hand.”
“What Degree of Madness?” chronicles how we got in our current condition and how we can still deploy the weapons Madison catalogued to Make America STATES Again!
And, if we are diligent, we will finally force the federal beast back inside its constitutional cage!