10.12.12
I would say, where is John Locke?
His original words (which were changed in our declaration) were “Life, liberty, and property”.
http://www.amazon.com/John-Locke-Philosopher-American-Liberty/dp/0983195730/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344029568&sr=1-1&keywords=john+locke+mary+elaine+swanson
John Locke OF CIVIL-GOVERNMENT
BOOK II CHAP. II
Of the State of Nature
4. TO understand political power right, and derive it from its original, we must consider, what state all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man....
6. But though this be a state of liberty, yet it is not a state of licence: though man in that state have an uncontroulable liberty to dispose of his person or possessions, yet he has not liberty to destroy himself, or so much as any creature in his possession, but where some nobler use than its bare preservation calls for it.
The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one:
and reason, which is that law,
teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent,
no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions:
for men being all the workmanship of one omnipotent, and infinitely wise maker; ...
Of course Locke’s words and thinking are directly from the Bible,God’s Word, the ultimate source of reason and sanity in thinking through the rights of men in regard to life, liberty and property.