Natural rights is simple nonsense: natural and imprescriptible rights, rhetorical nonsense-nonsense upon stilts. (Jeremy Bentham)

Natural rights is simple nonsense: natural and imprescriptible rights, rhetorical nonsense-nonsense upon stilts.

Jeremy Bentham

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