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November 29, 2005

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)

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  1. 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

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