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

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    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. Like the other principles in the Declaration of Independence, this phrase is not legally binding, but has been widely referenced and seen as an inspiration for the ...

  3. Natural rights and legal rights - Wikipedia

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    Unalienable Rights are essential Limitations in all Governments." Hutcheson, however, placed clear limits on his notion of unalienable rights, declaring that "there can be no Right, or Limitation of Right, inconsistent with, or opposite to the greatest public Good." [27] Hutcheson elaborated on this idea of unalienable rights in his A System of ...

  4. Human rights - Wikipedia

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    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: All human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and related.

  5. 'We hold these truths to be self-evident.' The Declaration of ...

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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. United States Declaration of Independence - Wikipedia

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    [6]: 113 The Declaration has proven an influential and globally impactful statement on human rights, particularly its second sentence: "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 of Happiness ...

  7. Human rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1776, Thomas Jefferson proposed a philosophy of human rights inherent to all people in the Declaration of Independence, asserting 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 of Happiness."

  8. Dr. Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech: Full text - AOL

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    This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

  9. Why all federal and state officials must swear an oath to ...

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    Judges, federal or state, must abide by the Rule of Law - all men and women are treated with equality and endowed with unalienable rights. Judges, most importantly, must be the checks and balances ...