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The idea that all people are born with natural rights of life, liberty, and property is most directly associated with the writings of
A
Baron de Montesquieu
B
Thomas Hobbes
C
Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
D
John Locke
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Locke wrote that all individuals are equal in the sense that they are born with certain “inalienable” natural rights. That is, rights that are God-given and can never be taken or even given away. Among these fundamental natural rights, Locke said, are “life, liberty, and property."

Detailed explanation-2: -What is John Locke’s theory? John Locke’s theory of natural rights consists of the rights to life, liberty, and property. Every human being has these rights in a state of nature, and they have to be preserved when people enter into a commonwealth.

Detailed explanation-3: -Often credited as a founder of modern “liberal” thought, Locke pioneered the ideas of natural law, social contract, religious toleration, and the right to revolution that proved essential to both the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution that followed.

Detailed explanation-4: -17th-century English philosopher John Locke discussed natural rights in his work, identifying them as being “life, liberty, and estate (property)", and argued that such fundamental rights could not be surrendered in the social contract.

Detailed explanation-5: -Locke believed that in a state of nature, no one’s life, liberty or property would be safe because there would be no government or laws to protect them. This is why people agreed to form governments. According to Locke, governments do no exist until people create them.

Detailed explanation-6: -In political theory, or political philosophy, John Locke refuted the theory of the divine right of kings and argued that all persons are endowed with natural rights to life, liberty, and property and that rulers who fail to protect those rights may be removed by the people, by force if necessary.

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