<P> Likewise , different philosophers and statesmen have designed different lists of what they believe to be natural rights ; almost all include the right to life and liberty as the two highest priorities . H.L.A. Hart argued that if there are any rights at all , there must be the right to liberty , for all the others would depend upon this . T.H. Green argued that `` if there are such things as rights at all , then , there must be a right to life and liberty , or , to put it more properly to free life . '' John Locke emphasized `` life , liberty and property '' as primary . However , despite Locke 's influential defense of the right of revolution , Thomas Jefferson substituted `` pursuit of happiness '' in place of `` property '' in the United States Declaration of Independence . </P>
whose new political ideas of natural rights influenced the declaration of independence
John Locke