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Quotation from The Science of Right by Immanuel Kant
“Freedom is Independence of the compulsory Will of another; and in so far as it can co-exist with the Freedom of all according to a universal Law, it is the one sole original, inborn Right belonging to every man in virtue of his Humanity”
The Science of Right, Division of the Science of Right, B. II. Innate Right and Acquired Right, trans. W. Hastie (1887)
Kant reduces all innate rights to one, freedom, which already includes innate equality and being one's own master.
Citation: "Freedom is Independence of the compulsory Will of another; and in so far as it can co-exist with the Freedom of all according to a universal Law, it is the one sole original, inborn Right belonging to every man in virtue of his Humanity" — Immanuel Kant, The Science of Right, Division of the Science of Right, B. II. Innate Right and Acquired Right, trans. W. Hastie (1887). (id kant-science-of-right-q5)
