We believe that all men are created equal and that their Creator has bestowed certain unalienable rights on them, including the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. These are called "self-evident" rights because they are evident by themselves; they are not had because someone granted them to you. They are gifts from our Creator that all humans possess. These are rights that cannot be taken away from you, such as the right to freedom of speech or religion. Others may try but will not be able to stop you from exercising your rights, such as when you protest by going on a hunger strike or when you pray for others, even if they arrest you for it. Self-evident rights are universal: everyone has them. If you accept that human beings are endowed with certain unalienable rights, then you have to also accept that these rights are universal. That is, they apply to every person, everywhere, at all times. Otherwise, you have not accepted that human beings are endowed with any rights at all, but rather that they are subject to having those rights taken away from them at any time by their rulers. For example, no one can deny you the right to free speech, since this is a self-evident right.