Kings and parliament could not give the rights essential to happiness… We claim them from a higher source, from the King of kings, and the Lord of all the earth. The are not annexed to us by parchments or seals. They are created in us by the decrees of Providence. They are born with us; exist with us; and cannot be taken from us by any human power, without taking our lives! John Dickinson, Signer of U.S. Constitution, Representative from Delaware, 1787.