"It is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or any number of men, at the entering into society, to renounce their essential Natural Rights, or the means of preserving those rights; when the grand end of civil government, from the very nature of its institution, is for the support, protection, and defence of those very rights; the principal of which, as is before observed, are Life, Liberty, and Property." - Samuel Adams, Founding Father

"Government, in my humble opinion, should be formed to secure and to enlarge the exercise of the Natural Rights of its members; and every government, which has not this in view, as its principal object, is not a government of the legitimate kind. " - James Wilson, Founding Father, Signer of U.S. Declaration of Independence

"Without a doubt one is allowed to resist against the unjust aggressor if one's life and one's property are being threatened; sometimes, even until the aggressor's death. In fact, if an act is aimed at self defense, it is a good act, and the Natural Right of the victim. Therefore, the object of self defense is considered an important good. However, defensive violence must be proportionate to aggression being resisted." - Thomas Aquinas (1264)

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