The Declaration of Independence states the purpose of government is to secure and protect the natural born rights of citizens: the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. Write a three paragraph essay that answers these questions: •What did Thomas Jefferson mean by the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
•How does our government protect the rights to life, liberty, in the pursuit of happiness?
•What actions can government take to better protect his words were to assure that all US citizens how do use rights?

•"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" is a well-known phrase in the United States Declaration of Independence. The phrase gives three examples of the unalienable rights which the Declaration says have been given to all humans by their creator, and which governments are created to protect.

•Those rights include “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” This essential equality means that no one is born with a natural right to rule over others without their consent, and that governments are obligated to apply the law equally to everyone.

•There are many things the government can do to protect the rights of its citizens. ... The first ten amendments to our Constitution, called the Bill of Rights, guarantee basic freedoms of the American people. For example, freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, and freedom of religion are guaranteed rights.

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