Due Process of Law, an implied agreement among the people of an organized society that definesthe rights, duties, and limitations of the governed and the government, the right of people accused of crimes to have laws that treat them fairly, sothat they cannot lose their life or freedom without having their legal rightsprotected, Equality of All Persons, every individual is born equal and has equal opportunity to succeed, the belief that individuals are born with basic rights that cannot be taken awayby governments; life, liberty, and property, Limited Government, the idea that a nation has the power to govern itself, a government that has been limited in power by a constitution, or writtenagreement, National Sovereignty, the idea that a nation has the power to govern itself, the principle that the authority of a government comes from the consent of thegoverned, Natural Law, an implied agreement among the people of an organized society that definesthe rights, duties, and limitations of the governed and the government, laws passed by government to protect natural rights, Popular Sovereignty, the idea that a nation has the power to govern itself, the principle that the authority of a government comes from the consent of thegoverned, Self-Evident Truth, obvious, having no need of proof, every individual is born equal and has equal opportunity to succeed, Social Contract, an implied agreement among the people of an organized society that definesthe rights, duties, and limitations of the governed and the government, tobvious, having no need of proof, Unalienable Rights, laws passed by government to protect natural rights, the belief that individuals are born with basic rights that cannot be taken awayby governments; life, liberty, and property

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