‘I contend that there is no such thing as an absolute right vested in any individual or in any community forming part of a nation; that all rights are relative, that no society can remain intact even for twenty-four hours on the basis of absolute rights,’ he wrote. He believed that ‘All the rights of an individual are subject to the equal rights of others, which in fact creates duties and obligations on the part of the different members of a society towards each other.’
