When you hear talk of Individual rights vs. state rights you hear talk of John Locke, Rousseau, The U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of rights of man and citizen. Individual rights refer to how much power the individual can have and the rights granted to him. Individual rights are usually associated with liberalism. In the United States the Bill of Rights outlines individuals' rights within society. Many events throughout history altered …showed first 75 words of 1255 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1255 total…sought after freedom from arbitrary laws and from judges who simply obeyed orders from the government. The Declaration of the Rights of Man proclaimed, "Liberty consists in being able to do anything that does not harm another person."(pg 82) The declaration also gave people more privileges and civil liberties. The document stated that the citizen's rights had "no limits except those which assure to the other members of society the enjoyment of these same rights."