The Founding Fathers didn't. In their view, government exists to secure rights, not to grant them. > We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are

The Founding Fathers didn't. In their view, government exists to secure rights, not to grant them. > We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.