| You don't have a right to live because the government says you do; you have a right to live simply because you exist. The government is there to defend your right - its entire existence is manifest because you want it to be there. Government is of the people, not vice versa.
. . . whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. |