| − | '''Unalienable rights''' are permanent rights belonging to citizens which can never be taken away by legitimate government action. [[Thomas Jefferson]] made the concept famous in the [[Declaration of Independence]] in 1776, and it forms a bedrock of American political values or [[Republicanism]]. In recent years other vcountries, such as Canada, have declared similar constitutional rights. | + | '''Unalienable rights''' also spelled '''inalienable rights''' are permanent rights belonging to citizens which can never be taken away by legitimate government action. [[Thomas Jefferson]] made the concept famous in the [[Declaration of Independence]] in 1776, and it forms a bedrock of American political values or [[Republicanism]]. In recent years other vcountries, such as Canada, have declared similar constitutional rights. |