unalienable rights
We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. Contrary to popular belief, the Constitution does not grant rights to the people but expressly prohibits the government from interfering in certain unalienable rights that can only be given (and thus can only be taken) by our Creator. Many of the other papers and communications of the founding fathers also supports these beliefs and the Constitution was actually written to limit the powers of the federal government and not to grant rights to we the people.
The framers believed that the primary purpose of government was to secure our unalienable rights.
They are rights that cannot be taken away by anyone, including the government, and those rights are "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness".
Are given to people by God- not by any government. As such, no government has the ability to take them away from you.
1) Human beings possess natural rights that cannot be legitimately given away or taken from by any government; 'unalienable rights'. These are rights ordained by the Creator. 2) Ordinary people create government to protect the above mentioned rights. 3) If the government fails to protect those unalienable/natural rights, the people themselves can withdraw their consent of that government and create a new one.
It provides a list of things that the Federal government is NOT allowed to do.
According to the Declaration of Independence, governments are established to secure the rights of mankind, such as the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. These rights, according to the Declaration, are unalienable, meaning they cannot be taken away. When any form of government becomes "destructive of these ends" (the unalienable rights of the citizens), it is the right of the citizens to "alter or abolish" that government, and establish a new government that will protect the rights of the people.
The Bill of Rights
He believed that all individuals are born with certain rights and privilages that should be protected.
unalienable rights
Natural rights, sometimes called unalienable rights, are rights the Framers believed all people are born with and can never give up. The Founders argued that the government's central purpose should be to protect and uphold these rights.
The right to personal liberty
According to the Declaration of Independence, people possess four unalienable rights: life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and to change or abolish a destructive government and initiate a new government.
According to Thomas Jefferson, the rights that the government cannot take away are called "unalienable rights." These rights include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Jefferson believed that these rights are inherent to all individuals and should be protected by the government.
"Every individual is born with certain unalienable rights, such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that cannot be taken away or granted by any government."
We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. Contrary to popular belief, the Constitution does not grant rights to the people but expressly prohibits the government from interfering in certain unalienable rights that can only be given (and thus can only be taken) by our Creator. Many of the other papers and communications of the founding fathers also supports these beliefs and the Constitution was actually written to limit the powers of the federal government and not to grant rights to we the people.