Just received the below from a totally different channel. It's in the air. 1722 seems to be missing a word, perhaps "possessions"? 1859 omits "or for the restitution of a damage caused by him to another" otherwise we're saying once a crime (e.g. of theft) has occurred, no restitution is permitted in natural law, which I would (hopefully obviously) disagree with. : 300s BC Epicurus Natural Justice is a symbol or expression of usefulness, to prevent one person from harming or being harmed by another. 900s Islamic Theologians Man can rationally know that man has a right to life and property. 1689 John Locke Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions. 1682 Samuel von Pufendorf Among the absolute duties of anybody to anybody, the first place belongs to this one: let no one injure another. For this is the broadest of all duties, embracing all men as such. 1722 William Wollaston No man can have the right to begin to interrupt the happiness of another yet every man has a right to defend himself and his against violence 1790 Mary Wollstonecraft The birthright of man is such a degree of liberty, civil and religious, as is compatible with the liberty of every other individual 1816 Thomas Jefferson Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add within the limits of the law because law is often but the tyrants will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual. No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him. 1851 Herbert Spencer Every man is free to do that which he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man. 1859 John Stuart Mill The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over a member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. 1961 Ayn Rand The precondition of a civilized society is the barring of physical force from social relationships 1963 Murray Rothbard No one may threaten or commit violence (aggress) against another mans person or property. Violence may be employed only against the man who commits such violence; that is, only defensively against the aggressive violence of another. In short, no violence may be employed against a non-aggressor. Here is the fundamental rule from which can be deduced the entire corpus of libertarian theory. L. Neil Smith No one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, nor to delegate its initiation. Walter Block It shall be legal for anyone to do anything he wants, provided only that he not initiate (or threaten) violence against the person or legitimately owned property of another. ----- End forwarded message -----