Personal responsibility is the foundational principle behind the construction of the U.S. Constitution and the unique "American" representation of [Common Law]Freedom. Rugged Individualism was once celebrated as the quintessential American virtue, and behind every rugged individualist was his unending sense of personal responsibility for it was the price of being a free man. At the heart of it is a contract with God, who grants his children natural rights, unalienable rights (non-negotiable) to live, to work, to travel, to prosper as a free people.