The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because, in the opinion of others, to do so would be wise, or even right…. The only part of the conduct of anyone, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.
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The only part of the conduct of anyone, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.
When the new Constitution was written in 1789, several of the new prospective States refused to sign without a Bill of Rights.
This led to the first 10 Amendments. The first spells out our rights and the second spells out how to protect those rights, with an armed citizenry.
Remember, Yamamoto had studied at University in the U.S. When the Japs proposed an invasion of mainland America he told them, "It would be a bad idea. There would be a man with a rifle behind every blade of grass." ;)