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Originally Posted by Originalist
The "rights" Jefferson emphasized were "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This was based on Locke's treatises where he described humans as being endowed with certain rights by God inherently, and that rulers and governments should exist to protect those rights. I find this to be accurate and Biblical.
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Life, liberty and property were those rights expressed by Locke. Apparently Jefferson, as well as some of the other founding fathers were not quite ready to guarantee the property right to just everyone. It seems they still had some of the old ideas when it came to ownership. The vague phrase "pursuit of happiness " instead was inserted there.
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