Text: New Hampshire State Constitution: ³Article 2. (Natural Rights) All persons have certain natural, essential, and inherent rights ³; and the Preamble to the Vermont Constitution of 1776: ³Whereas, all government ought to be instituted and supported, for the security and protection of the community, as such, and to enable the individuals who compose it, to enjoy their Natural RightsŠ². Richard Henry Lee, author of the ³Letters from the Federal Farmer², and one of the first Senators from Virginia, wrote to Samuel Adams on October 5, 1787: ³Natural Rights are not intended to be given up to Society; and indeed are not necessary to be given for any good social purpose

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