But in our Declaration of Independence for this country, it basically says your rights come from nature or nature's God, not from the government. So the government doesn't give you any rights. And The purpose of government is to secure your rights, your ability to live the way you want to, based upon merit and all that. The government doesn't come in and pick winners and losers. And so that's the purpose of government, is to secure your natural rights. Because you know what exists in every human. (01:35–01:46)
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Asserts that the purpose of government is to secure individual rights and freedom.
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