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Rights are considered to have their source not in nature, but in law.
In speaking of natural rights, therefore, it is essential to remember that these alleged rights have no political force whatsoever, unless recognized and enforced by the state.
It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions.
[R]ights do not belong to men simply as men, but because of the superior qualities, physical, intellectual, moral or political, which are characteristic of certain individuals or races.