The existence of fellow men and women surrounding all men since God's creation of Eve testifies to God's freely given love for us in principle, and of course also to the eternal bliss of fellowship and reciprocal love between the three Persons of the Trinity which man's social existence is meant to portray as part of man's likeness to God. To the extent this fact is denied, man's peaceful fellowship with his fellow men is endangered or abolished. The secret which makes Magna Carta and Moses' Pentateuch great codes of law allowing considerable freedom to the men governed under them is their clear and precise statement of the duties of a citizen. I have rights because other men observe their duties, not the other way about. I have the right to secure a home until someone pillages it.
Rights follow from the observation of duties by the community.
Therefore good law tells a man his duties. Weak law speaks of his rights, and is almost unenforceable. . It is man's nature to live in communities, to trade, to work, to learn and teach. If a community is to enable the individual to grow, then he must be free. If there is to be freedom in any society, then basic duties must be fulfilled by all.