Inalienable Rights In The Declaration Of Independence

Inalienable rights are rights according to natural law-- rights that cannot be taken away, denied, or transferred away from one. These rights present everyone with equal opportunity, as stated within the Declaration of Independence. Examples of such rights include the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In order to protect these rights, the Founders and Framers set up limits within the government. Limits exist at every avenue of government and are clearly stated within many important documents vital to the American government’s history. These include the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and other important documents, letters, and quotes from the Founders and Framers of the American government.
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The Declaration of Independence sets forth many moral laws for the government to follow. The first example can be found within the first few lines of the document. It states, “that all men are created equal.” This ensures that all individuals are endowed with equal unalienable rights to life, liberty, and property. The equality set by law, as stated, must secure those rights. The Founder’s saw equal rights and law the foundation to justice, and without it, a nation could fall to tyranny. Secondly, The Declaration states, “that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” This section of the document is enlisting the rights for all people to life, freedom, and a private property through individual labor. Rights, such as these laid out in the Declaration, are inalienable, natural rights. Finally, this document states, “…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 to abolish it, and to institute new Government…” According to this document, the governed (aka the people) have the rights to stop the government from becoming too powerful by ending it and/or reforming it. The Declaration of Independence switched the power over to the people in an attempt for them to protect and fight for their natural rights. It was the Founders’ vision to prevent a tyrannical government from uprising and controlling the nation again. They feared abuse of government in the future similar to what they faced with Britain’s control over the United States. This is apparent through texts of the Declaration such as this one: “The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an