Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposed a “Second Bill of Rights” during his State of the Union Address in 1944. He noted that while “under the protection of certain inalienable rights…our nation has grown in size and stature, however—as our industrial economy expanded—these political rights proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness….true [...]
:: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
1. The duty of the government is to protect the rights of the people, not the other way around.
2. The people have the right but not the obligation to dispense of their property as they see fit.
3. Borrowing from the 10th Amendment of the Constitution: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the [...]
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