[You have Rights] antecedent to all earthly governments: Rights, that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; Rights, derived from the Great Legislator of the universe.
John Adams (2015). “The Works of John Adams Vol. 3: Autobiography, Diary, Notes of a Debate in the Senate, Essays”, p.369, Jazzybee Verlag
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