What right can't be taken away?
There are not any rights that can be taken away. Rights, natural
rights as distinguished from civil rights or statutory rights, are
inherent in people and not preexist governments therefore
governments can not grant those rights, then governments can take
those rights away. When it appears that governments do, that
appearance lacks the proper perspective. When governments take away
the natural rights of people they did so because those people
surrendered their rights. The tapestry of freedom has long since
been stained with the blood of those across the world, through out
history who dared stand tall and defend their rights. Untold
millions of people throughout history as do today, living in
substandard conditions in some prison because they dared to stand
tall and fight for freedom. For those people, despite the
governments best efforts, no rights were taken away, only
disparaged, abrogated and derogated, but never taken away.