The American idea is that government exists to protect, not to give, the most fundamental rights which, as Jefferson wrote … are inalienable because they exist independent of, and prior to, government.


Speaking of Free Speech …, in Newsweek, July 8, 1996

George Will Quotes

The American idea is that government exists to protect, not to give, the most fundamental rights which, as Jefferson wrote … are inalienable...

The American idea is that government exists to protect, not to give, the most fundamental rights which, as Jefferson wrote … are inalienable...

The American idea is that government exists to protect, not to give, the most fundamental rights which, as Jefferson wrote … are inalienable...

The American idea is that government exists to protect, not to give, the most fundamental rights which, as Jefferson wrote … are inalienable...