Are rights ranted to us by government? (Is saying that "I have a right to free

Are rights ranted to us by government? (Is saying that "I have a right to free

Are rights ranted to us by government? (Is saying that "I have a right to free speech" simply a way of saying that my government permits me to speak freely?) Or do we have rights independently of government, such that institutions like freedom of speech amount to a recognition by government of such rights?

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