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.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.
I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men. We...solemnly publish and declare, that these colonies are and of a right ought to be free and independent states...and for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.
A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.
We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.
Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves.
The constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.
Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.
Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.
Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the moral sense and reason of man.
That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone.
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