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== Chapter 1: On Rights ==
Man lives, but life cannot support itself, and only through the use of his faculties to appropriate and assimilate the elements of the world in which he lives can he, Man, preserve and develop his life.<ref>[[Frédéric Bastiat|Bastiat]], ''The Law'', p. 1.</ref> This basic fact cannot be disputed; anything more, for instance that it is God who bestows life upon Man, is a matter of faith. But God has provided much evidence for His existence. The same cannot be said for the too-common assertion that all men are equal or all men are born equal. "In what sense can this broad assertion be maintained as matter of fact? Or so stated as not to be liable to cavil and contradiction?"<ref>[[Thomas Cooper|Cooper]], ''Essay on the Foundation of Civil Government'', p. 1.</ref>

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