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Natural Rights

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Natural rights are rights people possess by nature rather than by government grant — in John Locke's formulation, life, liberty, and property.

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The Declaration of Independence echoes Locke: "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

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On this view governments secure rights; they do not create them.