English Bill of Rights book
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“It's an act of parliament, the Bill of Rights, that changed the succession to the English crown. It is 100% based on the ideas of my hero, John Locke. So everything you're going to hear is basically the thoughts of John Locke, who, of cours…”
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when William and Mary came there. It's called the English Bill of Rights from 1689. And if you read through that, an awful lot of that transferred over to our own Bill of Rights in America. And the Bill of Rights, what happened was Parliame…
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It's an act of parliament, the Bill of Rights, that changed the succession to the English crown. It is 100% based on the ideas of my hero, John Locke. So everything you're going to hear is basically the thoughts of John Locke, who, of cours…
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in liberty. If you can own property and the government can't take it from you, you are free. We've sort of lost that to some degree. I'm not going to get into a discussion on property taxes, but I've been doing that all week with my liberta…
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In the Magna Carta, two of the clauses, number 12 and 14, actually set a rate and address the management of how the scuttage process works. So they formalized the draft dodging. There's some judicial reforms. King John had used royal discre…
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When William takes the throne, Parliament convenes and draws up a statement of the rights and liberties, and that is the English Bill of Rights. Now, that act asserted certain, and this is a direct quote, certain ancient rights and libertie…
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Levying taxes without Parliament's permission is illegal. No taxation without representation. British Bill of Rights talked about the right to petition the king and air their grievances. First Amendment. A standing army without the consent …
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Also embedded in every state constitution, but only for Protestants, mind you. If you're Catholic, not so much. And you'll notice there's no mention whatsoever of Jews, because apparently they don't run the world yet. People have heard me t…
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It's a jury of your peers. It's kind of vague. So that really sets the stage for what's going on. That language is there. It's so similar to what we have in our Bill of Rights, and there's a reason for it. Our country is descended from a lo…