My friend Jeff is a troublemaker. When visiting America, a cheeky prank he liked to pull was to demand something unreasonable in a public space, and loudly declare 'I'm a gosh darn American, and it's my gosh darn right!', which inevitably attracted approval and applause from the people around him.

The existence of this gag alone should hurtle 'rights' to the top of our list, are there other virtues? Or hidden vices? Join us on our endless journey - it's your right!