People don't pick and choose rights. They evolve from thousands of years of evolution, and are inherent to our nature.  Our rights come from our Creator, God, who instilled in our hearts his nature. This is why we know it is wrong to lie, cheat and steal. God's moral law is written on our hearts. We don't have property rights because the government says so, we have property rights because God told us in the 10 commandments not to steal. Our lives have value not because the government says so but because our Creator said in the 10 commandments that thou shalt not murder.