endowed by their creator

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.--that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.1









Declaration of Independence, http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html.