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To: CIDKauf
By the way, John Locke articulated the rights of man that our founding fathers agreed were the foundation of sound government.
He expressed the radical view that government is morally obliged to serve people, namely by protecting life, liberty, and property. He explained the principle of checks and balances to limit government power. He favored representative government and a rule of law. He denounced tyranny. He insisted that when government violates individual rights, people may legitimately rebel. --Jim Powell at the Foundation for Economic Education.

121 posted on 05/07/2005 7:33:37 PM PDT by risk
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To: risk

Locke, Berkeley, and David Hume "The Empiricists", doubted that man could concieve in his mind that there was a God, unless that God placed the thought in the mind of the man. You're right, I did mean the 5th amendment


124 posted on 05/07/2005 8:22:19 PM PDT by CIDKauf (No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.)
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To: risk

I'm really being dumb...I believe the "pursuit of happiness" is the Declaration of Independence rather than the 5th amendment


125 posted on 05/07/2005 8:27:11 PM PDT by CIDKauf (No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.)
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