Unalienable Rights
The United States of America was established on foundational principles by the Declaration of Independence:
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; that, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed;
(based on Thomas Jefferson's draft.)
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“Nothing ... is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)