Not a Gift from Government: Our Natural Rights Foundation
By: Michael Boldin Rights are not gifts from government. They don’t come from documents – not a constitution, not even a bill of rights. You have rights because you exist. ...
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The Ninth Amendment: Partner to the Tenth in Limiting Federal Power
By: Michael Boldin The Ninth Amendment. Most people don’t know what it says or means. Others just ignore it. Those who don’t, usually get it completely wrong. The Ninth isn’t ...
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Taking Rights Seriously
By: Judge Andrew Napolitano The world is filled with self-evident truths — truisms — that philosophers, lawyers and judges know need not be proven. The sun rises in the east ...
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The Founders on the Source of Rights and an Essential Reading List
By: Michael Boldin Rights Are Not Gifts from Government. They don’t come from a constitution, a bill of rights, or any document at all. Natural rights come from your creator and ...
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The 2nd Amendment isn’t your “Gun Permit.” You Are.
By: Michael Boldin If you’re anything like me, your skin crawls anytime you hear someone say something like “the 2nd Amendment is the only gun permit I’ll ever need!” While I ...
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The Foundation: Essential Principles for Liberty
By: Michael Boldin Corruption and repression, weighted down by a massive bureaucracy – it’s all around us and getting worse year by year. But an alternative to total tyranny – while ...
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What Are Rights? This Is What the Founders Believed
By: Dan Sanchez In 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed that everyone is endowed with “unalienable Rights.” Years later, the Bill of Rights elaborated on those rights. Subsequently, the rights of ...
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Of the Natural Rights of Individuals
By: TJ Martinell Do people exist for the sake of government? Or is it the other way around? That’s the question James Wilson attempts to answer in his 1790 work, “Of the ...
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Thomas Paine on Natural Law
If you've not had a chance to read Thomas Paine, this essay would be a good first
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