<h2>Life</h2><h2>Liberty</h2><h2>Pursuit of happiness</h2>
The specific thoughts from the <em>Declaration of Independence</em> are stated like this: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain <u>unalienable Rights</u>, that <u>among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.</u>"
Thomas Jefferson's thoughts in the <em>Declaration of Independence</em> borrow from the political philosophy of John Locke, who wrote in 1689 that "all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions."