Our Inalienable Rights
When Thomas Jefferson wrote the words “life, liberty, and the pursuit to live of happiness”, he ment everyone has the right to live their lives freely. Of course, they are allowed to live freely under certain in alienable rights, in other words, everyone is equal and is not below or above the law, as long as no harm comes to others. I believe Jefferson was right to think these words are indeed in alienable rights. I too believe that people have the right to live free and happy .As Jefferson defines the inalienable rights of a citizen as “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”, he defines its meaning best in the “Declaration of Independence”. In the “Declaration of Independence” , he helps to describe that every citizen has inalienable rights by emphasizing equality. In the document, Jefferson writes, “ We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain in alienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Jefferson expressed his faith in mankind and his views on the nature of democracy. Thus meaning everyone has the equal right to choose what they wish to with their lives. Jefferson believe in this notion very much and so do I. along with the inalienable rights, Jefferson thought that these rights were not made by some law from the government or tyrant, but is our own internal and unique rights as human beings. But even with these rights, some form of government should be established to help protect and balance these rights. Thomas Jefferson also new that we had to protect our inalienable rights. I firmly agree with him Jefferson; we should be able to find our own way to secure our life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In the “Declaration of independence”, Jefferson writes “that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government