Rights and Non-Rights: A Simple Way to Distinguish the Two
Despite the centrality of rights in American history, it’s readily apparent today that Americans are of widely different views on what a right is, how many we have, where rights come from, or why we have any in the first place.
Center for Self Governance (CSG) Administrative Team — January 30, 2019
As a score of politicians prepare to announce their 2020 campaigns for President of the United States, we can expect “rights†to be in the news every day, as they are promised to us one after another. “You have a right†to this or that and “If elected, I’ll make sure you get it†will soon be monotonous refrains.
America is a nation founded on the notion of rights. Our independence was declared in 1776 on a foundation of “unalienable†rights granted to us, not by mortal authorities, but by the Creator himself. Our ancestors rebelled against the British because they believed that such rights as “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness†were being thwarted by oppressors in London. Our founding documents were put forth specifically for the purposes of securing and protecting rights.
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