Category: American Government
Two rights listed in the Declaration of Independence are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. You need to name two of these three.
These are described as 'unalienable rights' — rights that every person is born with and that no government can take away. Thomas Jefferson wrote that governments exist specifically to protect these rights.
This concept of natural rights was influenced by Enlightenment philosophers like John Locke, who wrote about 'life, liberty, and property.'
Say: 'Life and liberty.'
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