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A Brief History of Individual Rights | National Review
The result is that the New Faith, which rejects nearly every fundamental principle of liberal modernity – the existence of an objective and immutable reality that can be discovered by reason; the scientific method; an enduring human nature; the primacy of the sovereign individual over the collective; impartial equality before the law; secular plura... See more
N.S. Lyons • The Upheaval
The founders speak of three rights: the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The source for this phrase was John Locke, a British philosopher who spoke of “the right to life, liberty, and property.”
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
La croyance libérale aux sentiments et au libre choix des individus n’est ni naturelle ni très ancienne. Des milliers d’années durant, les gens ont cru que l’autorité venait de lois divines, plutôt que du cœur humain, et qu’il nous fallait donc sanctifier la parole de Dieu plutôt que la liberté humaine.
Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat • 21 Leçons pour le XXIème siècle (French Edition)
and present danger to the future of liberty.