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re: #252 SanFranciscoZionist
Item 1: The idea that God gave us certain inalienable rights is in the Declaration of Independence, so it’s an idea with a pretty long history. Of course, the previous idea was that the King gave you your rights.
The idea that an Englishman has rights entirely of his own, not to be taken away by the crown, long predates the Declaration.
A few of the first written portions of the English constitution:
The idea that the King was subject to the law resounded heavily in English history. The idea that rights and legal matters are “god given” rather than bestowed by a monarch is and was a very novel idea. THANK YOU ENGLAND!
