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In [[America]], unalienable rights are those which [[God]] gave to man at the [[Creation]], once and for all. This fundamental truth is recognized and enshrined in our nation's birth certificate, the ''[[Declaration of Independence]]'':
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'''Unalienable rights''' are those which [[God]] gave to man at the [[Creation]], once and for all. By definition, since God granted such rights, governments could not take them away. In [[America]], this fundamental truth is recognized and enshrined in our nation's birth certificate, the ''[[Declaration of Independence]]'':
    
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"[A]ll men are created equal...[and] are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, [[Liberty]] and the pursuit of Happiness."</blockquote>
 
"[A]ll men are created equal...[and] are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, [[Liberty]] and the pursuit of Happiness."</blockquote>
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It is important to understand that the very premise of our nation is the fact that these [[rights]] are "[[God-given]]." If they are not given to us by an Authority higher than human [[government]], then they are in danger of being abolished by government at any time. If government could abolish them or [[license]] them, or restrict them at any time, then they are simply a [[privilege]] rather than a right. The [[Founding Fathers]] understood this principle and created a [[Republicanism|revolution]] in [[political theory]] by enacting, for the first time in [[history]], a government specifically established to protect the rights that had been given to man by God.  
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It is important to understand that the very premise of our nation is the fact that these [[rights]] are "[[God-given]]." If they are not given to us by an Authority higher than human [[government]], then any government action to abolish those rights would be against God's will. Rights that is subject to government restriction or [[license]] is called a [[privilege]] rather than a right. The [[Founding Fathers]] understood this principle and created a [[Republicanism|revolution]] in [[political theory]] by enacting, for the first time in [[history]], a government specifically established to protect the rights that had been given to man by God.  
    
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