By Tierra Negra,
Courier Special Correspondent
John Locke’s social contract, back in the XVII century, was born from the need to counteract monarchs’ abuses through taxation. The idea that each of us is born free and with some inalienable rights such as “Life, health, Liberty, or Possessions" was the main source of inspiration for the Founder Fathers of this country when designing the American Declaration of Independence and its Constitution:
“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, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
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