Man Must Necessarily Be Subject To The

And, Lastly, To Vindicate These Rights, When Actually Violated And Attacked, The Subjects Of England Are Entitled, In The First Place, To The Regular Administration And Free Course Of Justice In The Courts Of Law; Next To The Right Of Petitioning The King And Parliament For Redress Of Grievances; And, Lastly, To The Right Of Having And Using Arms For Self Preservation And Defense.

No Enactment Of Man Can Be Considered Law Unless It Conforms To The Law Of God

Free Men Have Arms; Slaves Do Not.

Law, In Its Most General And Comprehensive Sense, Signifies A Rule Of Action; And Is Applied Indiscriminately To All Kinds Of Action, Whether Animate, Or Inanimate, Rational Or Irrational. Thus We Say, The Laws Of Motion, Of Gravitation, Of Optics, Or Mechanics, As Well As The Laws Of Nature And Of Nations. And It Is That Rule Of Action, Which Is Prescribed By Some Superior, And Which The Inferior Is Bound To Obey.

Those Rights, Then, Which God And Nature Have Established, And Are Therefore Called Natural Rights, Such As Life And Liberty, Need Not The Aid Of Human Laws To Be More Effectually Invested In Every Man Than They Are; Neither Do They Receive Any Additional Strength When Declared By The Municipal Laws To Be Inviolate. On The Contrary, No Human Legislature Has Power To Abridge Or Destroy Them, Unless The Owner Shall Himself Commit Some Act That Amounts To A Forfeiture.