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  2. Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness - Wikipedia

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    "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" is a well-known phrase from the United States Declaration of Independence. [1] The phrase gives three examples of the unalienable rights which the Declaration says have been given to all humans by their Creator , and which governments are created to protect.

  3. Natural rights and legal rights - Wikipedia

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    Article 1, § 1 of the California Constitution recognizes inalienable rights and articulated some (not all) of those rights as "defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety, happiness, and privacy." However, there is still much dispute over which "rights" are truly natural rights ...

  4. Human rights - Wikipedia

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    Some human rights are said to be "inalienable rights". The term inalienable rights (or unalienable rights) refers to "a set of human rights that are fundamental, are not awarded by human power, and cannot be surrendered". The adherence to the principle of indivisibility by the international community was reaffirmed in 1995:

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    We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit ...

  6. Right of revolution - Wikipedia

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    Locke said that under natural law, all people have the right to life, liberty, and private property; under the social contract, the people could instigate a revolution against the government when it acted against the interests of citizens, to replace the government with one that served the interests of citizens. In some cases, Locke saw ...

  7. All men are created equal - Wikipedia

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    Filippo Mazzei, an Italian physician, philosopher, diplomat, promoter of liberty and author, whose phrase "All men are by nature equally free and independent" was incorporated into the United States Declaration of Independence [9] [10] [11] At the age of 33, Jefferson borrowed the expression from an Italian friend and neighbor, Filippo Mazzei.

  8. Civil liberties in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Abbott, Lewis F. Defending Liberty: The Case for a New Bill of Rights Archived 2024-05-20 at the Wayback Machine ISR Publications 2019. Alexander, Keith L. Lawsuit Seeks Right to Carry Concealed Weapons in the District Archived 2016-11-17 at the Wayback Machine. Www.washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2009. Web. 29 Sept. 2009.

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