The Declaration of Independence states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
The rights endowed by our Creator have been replaced with rights determined by elitist politicians. They have given us civil rights, human rights, patient’s rights, consumer’s rights, animal rights, enemy combatant’s rights, passenger rights, parental rights, illegal aliens’ rights, the right to remain silent, the right to privacy, the right to speak to an attorney, a woman’s right to choose and the right to terminate the life of an unborn infant.
They have also given us the right to food, clothing, shelter, a formal education, health care, legal advice, privacy, laptops, cell phones, child care services, transportation, medicine and welfare.
These same politicians have given themselves the rights to benefits not available to all of the country’s citizens, freedom from accountability, pork barrel funds, unlimited power, disdain of the electorate and perpetual powers of office.
Government has become the new God. They determine life and death, good and bad, rich and poor, success and failure. Rights once endowed by our Creator are now rights endowed by our government.
— Ray Cziczo, Antioch
