ONLY INDIVIDUALS HAVE RIGHTS, not the collective group. These rights are intrinsic to each individual, NOT granted by the state; for if the state has the power to GRANT them, it also has the power to DENY them, which is incompatible to personal LIBERTY.
A JUST STATE derives its power solely from the CITIZENS. Therefore the state must never presume to do anything beyond what the individual citizens also have the right to do. Otherwise the state is a power unto itself and becomes master instead of the servant of the society.
One of the greatest threats to FREEDOM is to allow ANY group, NO MATTER IT’S NUMERIC SUPERIORITY, to deny the rights of the minority. A primary function of a JUST STATE is to PROTECT EACH INDIVIDUAL from the greed and passions of the majority.
Josh Steffler – Liberty now, Prosperity for the future