"There are some jurists in our land who contend that the principle of the sacredness of human rights is merely an expression of 18th century philosophy, or a false totem, or an assumption of the Aufklarung movement. They quite forget that though the Declaration of Independence gave an 18th century expression to these ideas, the truths themselves were nevertheless eternal. As long as man has been a creature endowed with an intelligence and will and made to the image and likeness of God, he has been the possessor of rights and freedom. Once God is denied as the Source of rights, the State sets itself up as an absolute.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Whence Come Wars)