Question

which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence is MOST representative of John Locke's ideas regarding natural rights?
O"... Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the Consent of the Governed."
• "... whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.
"..accordingly all Experience hath shewn, that Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while Evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to
which they are accustomed."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Answer 1

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

This excerpt from the Declaration of Independence is most representative of John Locke's ideas regarding natural rights. Locke believed that all individuals are born with certain inherent rights that cannot be taken away, including the rights to life, liberty, and property. In this excerpt, the Declaration of Independence echoes Locke's idea by stating that all men are created equal and endowed with unalienable rights.