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Right, what Locke referred to as the Law of Nature and Jefferson called "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God"
"[E]quality of men by nature, the judicious Hooker looks upon as so evident in itself, and beyond all question, that he makes it the foundation of that obligation to mutual love amongst men, on which he builds the duties they owe one another, and from whence he derives the great maxims of justice and charity...
...Every one, as he is bound to preserve himself... by the like reason, when his own preservation comes not in competition, ought he, as much as he can, to preserve the rest of mankind, and may not, unless it be to do justice on an offender, take away, or impair the life, or what tends to the preservation of the life, the liberty, health, limb, or goods of another"
Again, by reason, not force of will or mandate, without the consent of the governed. Without respect of Private Property, there is no defense against Tyranny. There are limits to what we have a right to impose on each other.
I believe that private property is a necessity positive right. Why did you think otherwise?
Property rights are negative rights. The right consists of others keeping their paws off of one's property - not in the government taking away somebody else's property to give to one.