Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the …

P. J. O'Rourke
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Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are - these are, I would call them, more properly, political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky, because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum. ✨ P.J. O'Rourke Takes On 'The Wealth of Nations'. Interview with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. January 8, 2007.
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