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First Principles: The Spirit of Liberty Respects and Insists On the Rights of Others
“The spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own particular rights, but a respect for the rights of others, and an unwillingness that any man, whether high or low, should be wronged and trampled … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Collectivism Holds That Individuals Have No Rights
“Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights, that his life and work belong to the group (to ‘society,’ to the tribe, the state, the nation) and that the group may sacrifice him at its own whim to its own … Continue reading
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First Principles: Civil Liberty Understood Consists In Protecting Individual Rights Through Society’s Constraints and Force
“Civil liberty, rightly understood, consists in protecting the rights of individuals by the united force of society: society cannot be maintained, and of course can exert no protection, without obedience to some sovereign power; and obedience is an empty name, … Continue reading →