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<blockquote data-quote="Zaphod Beeblebrox" data-source="post: 3306383" data-attributes="member: 4606"><p>Too many fail to realize that the Bill of Rights isn't a gift to the people from a benevolent government, but rather, an acknowledgment that as a free people, these rights are inherent; very similar to Natural Law. St. Thomas Aquinas would be proud.</p><p></p><p>Interestingly, I remember reading that the Bill of Rights was somewhat controversial, in that some feared they could be viewed as a "totality" of rights. As in, someone could argue "You don't have that right; it's not listed ANYWHERE in the Bill of Rights, so you don't get that one!". Happily, it hasn't been interpreted that way. Those founding fathers were pretty sharp cookies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zaphod Beeblebrox, post: 3306383, member: 4606"] Too many fail to realize that the Bill of Rights isn't a gift to the people from a benevolent government, but rather, an acknowledgment that as a free people, these rights are inherent; very similar to Natural Law. St. Thomas Aquinas would be proud. Interestingly, I remember reading that the Bill of Rights was somewhat controversial, in that some feared they could be viewed as a "totality" of rights. As in, someone could argue "You don't have that right; it's not listed ANYWHERE in the Bill of Rights, so you don't get that one!". Happily, it hasn't been interpreted that way. Those founding fathers were pretty sharp cookies. [/QUOTE]
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