Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were ideals expressed in the a. declaration of independence. b. code of napoleon. c. english bill of rights. d. declaration of the rights of man and the citizen.

A. Declaration of Independence

Explanation:

"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" is one of the famous phrases of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. In the document, Thomas Jefferson held that "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" were inalienable rights of people, that is to say, rights that cannot be taken away or denied to people because they were given by a divine source, the "Creator". According to Jefferson, the government was instituted in order to secure those rights, however, whenever that government became destructive of those rights, it was the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government.

john locke is most associated with the idea of consent of the governed which is the idea that the government is only valid if it has the consent of the people who are being governed.

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