Quote To Ponder
by Eric“A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.”
– Thomas Jefferson (Rights of British America, 1774)
“It was, not the wisdom and policy, but the disorder and injustice of the European governments, which peopled and cultivated America.” Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
“A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.”
– Thomas Jefferson (Rights of British America, 1774)
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Any other view of rights makes them merely a priviledge of the state and subject to the whims of the state.
Comment by Kevin — November 29, 2005 @ 7:11 pm