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CHAPTER 1 GOD OR GOVERNMENT?
"Congress shall pass no law..."
"The right of the people... shall not be infringed."
"No person shall be... deprived."
"The accused shall enjoy the right."
Notice that these are not restrictions on human rights, but are restric-
tions on the activities of governments.
If rights are granted by the Creator of those rights, what are rights
granted by government? It becomes important to distinguish between a
Right and a Privilege by defining these two terms.
A Right is a freedom to act morally without asking permission;
A Privilege is a freedom to act morally but only after permission has
been granted by some governmental entity.
Perhaps a good illustration of the misuse of human rights occurred
during World War II when the German government, acting through its
leader, Adolf Hitler, decided that certain of the people did not have the right
to life, and decrees were issued to exterminate those who the government felt
had no human rights.
The right to life, then, granted to each individual by his Creator, no
longer was a right in Germany, it had become a privilege. Man lived by
permission of the government, which had the power to limit and even curtail
the human right to life.
The human rights that the individual wishes to protect are simple in
nature, and include the right to Life, Liberty and Property.
These three rights are in essence only one right: the right to Life.
These rights are in accord with man's basic nature. Man (the author will
use the generic term "man" to mean all of humanity, both male and female)
is created hungry and needs to produce food to sustain his life. Without the
right to keep what he has produced (his property) man will surely starve to
death. Not only must man be allowed to keep the products of his labors, he
must be free to produce the property he needs for his sustenance (the right
known as Liberty.)
Governments do not need to take man's life to kill him. Governments
can remove man's right to property or the freedom to produce the property
needed to maintain his life. A government that restricts man's ability to keep
what he produces (his property) has an equal ability to kill a man as surely
as a government that takes his life wantonly (such as in the case of Germany.)
As will be shown in subsequent chapters, there are government entities that
restrict man's right to property or his right to liberty widiout terminating his
life directly. But the effect is still the same.
One of the objections of "pro-life" supporters, those opposed to the
government legalizing abortion, is that government is now justifying the
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