Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, which you proudly declare to be your own inalienable, God-given rights, and to the support of which your fathers pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor, are his by the same immortal title that they are yours.
Sumner emphasizes that the rights to life, liberty, and happiness are universal and inalienable for all people.
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