There are three things put forth in the declaration of independence: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness - for some reason America has decided that #2 tr

There are three things put forth in the declaration of independence: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness - for some reason America has decided that #2 trumps 1 & 3 to an extreme degree - but in the rest of the world 1 & 3 are also viewed as fundamentally necessary freedoms.