Question

Thomas Jefferson's statement about unalienable rights would MOST likely have been influenced by the writings of

Answer 1

When Thomas Jefferson wrote that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are all "unalienable" rights, he was expressing ideas written by English philosopher John Locke in Two Treatises of Government .

Answer 2

Jefferson's writing was influenced by George Mason's Virginia Declaration of Rights, as well as by his study of natural rights theory and the writings of John Locke, including Two Treatises of Government.