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“Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.”

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Book:Utopia

Source: Utopia

“With kings, nations, and private individuals, the strongest assume to themselves rights over the weakest, and the same rule is followed by animals, by matter, by the elements, so that everything is performed in the universe by violence. And that order which we blame with some appearance of justice is the most universal, most absolute, most unchangeable, and most ancient law of nature.”

Source: La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims

“Man's rights are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature.”

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Book:Samuel Adams: selections from his writings

Source: Samuel Adams: selections from his writings

“All men are, or ought to be free, possessing unalienable rights, and the high and noble qualifications of the laws of nature and of self-preservation, to think, and act, and say as they please, while they maintain a due respect to the rights and privileges of all other creatures, infringing upon none.”

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Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.