question archive Jefferson says "all men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness," and that, based on "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God," colonies have the right to establish their own countries
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Jefferson says "all men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness," and that, based on "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God," colonies have the right to establish their own countries.
If you take "God" out of the equation that Jefferson uses (i.e. atheists), on what basis do men have "rights?"