Not a single time have we gotten a right from Congress or from the President. We get them from God.

The line expresses a natural-rights (or “God-given rights”) view associated with the American founding tradition: legitimate rights are not grants from government officials but pre-political endowments grounded in a higher moral authority. By denying that Congress or the President “gives” rights, the speaker frames government as a protector or recognizer of rights rather than their source, implicitly warning against expansive state power and emphasizing limits on political authority. The religious phrasing also functions rhetorically to sacralize liberty claims, making them appear non-negotiable and beyond ordinary partisan bargaining. In modern political discourse, this formulation often accompanies arguments for constitutional originalism and skepticism toward administrative or legislative redefinition of fundamental liberties.