Nothing then is unchangeable but the inherent and inalienable rights of man

No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority.

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

We hold these truths to be self-evident,--that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all collectively; since the rights of the whole can be no more than the sum of the rights of the individuals.