[fabrizio]

which he has never claimed to be. The whole point of the Catholic doctrine of the temporal order is that there are certain rights, duties and principles that transcend our volatile convictions and majorities. If you can put your anti-catholicism aside for a moment, when your favorite politicians or thinker says that citizens have certain rights, is such politician or thinker speaking as a grantor or “dictator” of said rights or is he just reminding a fact to his listeners/readers?

[Emperor Palpatine]

Here, here!

[lewislynn]

If you can put your anti-catholicism aside for a moment,

Your knee jerk name calling aside, what I am is irrelevant to this discussion

when your favorite politicians or thinker says that citizens have certain rights,

I don't have a "favorite politician" and I am my favorite thinker, thank you.

is such politician or thinker speaking as a grantor or “dictator” of said rights

Most times, yes.

When the next Pope comes along and contradicts the previous Pope who will be the grantor or dictator of your rights then?