The source of man’s rights is not divine law or congressional law, but the law
of identity. A is A—and Man is Man. Rights are conditions of existence
required by man’s nature for his proper survival. If man is to live on earth,
it is right for him to use his mind, it is right to act on his own free
judgment, it is right to work for his values and to keep the product of his
work. If life on earth is his purpose, he has a right to live as a rational
being: nature forbids him the irrational. Any group, any gang, any nation that
attempts to negate man’s rights, is wrong, which means: is evil, which means:
is anti-life.