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What is the connection between life liberty and property

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The connection of this three term is that is it the original phrase of John Locke's trinity, which now replace the term property by pursuit of happiness. It is now the most well-known phrase in the United States Declaration of Independence, it is now the phrase of the genius of Thomas Jefferson.
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