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The right, the duty, to defend life, liberty, and property is the first law of nature
Monday, November 5, 2012 6:52
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“Among the natural rights of the Colonists are these: First, a right to life; Secondly, to liberty; Thirdly, to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can. These are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature.” — Samuel Adams, The Report of the Committee of Correspondence to the Boston Town Meeting. Nov. 20, 1772
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