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According to the US Declaration of Independence: Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
However, considering that the institution of slavery persisted for almost 90 years afterward, there seems to have been a certain amount of doublethink occuring.
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∙ 13y agoLife, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
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∙ 13y agoLife, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness (in the Declaration of Independence)
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∙ 14y agoLife, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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∙ 13y agoIf the question refers to the Declaration of Independence written by Jefferson, those "inalienable rights" were life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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∙ 11y agolife, liberty, self development
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What is rights-in-people?
Rights in people refers to the concept of owning slaves and their labor as property. This used to be indistinguishable from, for example, rights to land.
What did Mohandas Gandhi defend?
Mohandas Gandhi defended the rights of all classes of people. India had an almost insurmountable caste system that kept people poor for generations.
Did Elizabethan men have better rights then Elizibethan women?
They all had the same rights. however women in Elisabethan times were denied their rights as amater of coarse.
What does men are born and remain free and equal in rights mean?
This the first article and basic tenet of the The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen as adopted by the National Assembly of France on August 26, 1789. As with the Declaration of Independence and its "unalienable rights", it means that all people have a natural right to be free and share equal status under law.
Biko the greatness - analyze?
biko was a great leader of the movement of rights in the south African society. He had done every possible thing to for the rights of black people and told them to stay and fight for their rights unless you get success.
What three rights should all people enjoy?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
What are three rights that all people have?
If you're talking politically, it all depends on the country. There are still places in the world where women and other minorities have absolutely no rights.
Which of the Three Principles of the People represents the people's rights and powers?
what were the three principles of the people
What three natural rights did Locke argue that all people possess?
To be born free, equal and independent.
How did the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and President John F. Kennedy impact the Civil Rights Movement?
All three people fought for the civil rights of the people, they united the people more closely.
How come gay people have rights?
Because all people have rights.
The ideas of natural rights is best defined as?
rights belonging to all people because they are human
What rare the three unalienable rights that all people should possess?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happinessImprove the question. Don't you have proofreaders?
What are three goals of the united?
To promote human rights. to increase the standard of living for all people. to provide a basis for international law.
What are three right given by God to all people?
God gave us no rights. They are only a human construct which we use to ensure coperation for the benefit of all.
Why should gay people have rights?
Because they are people and the constitution holds that is self evident that all people are created equal.
What does a civil rights movement fight for?
A civil rights movement fights for the rights of all people. A civil rights movement wants to change laws that ensures equality for all people. There are civil rights movements all over the world.
