According to the thinking of the United States' Founders, how can inalienable rights be characterized?

- According to the thinking of the United States' Founders, how can inalienable rights be characterized?

They can be characterized in that they are both universal and inalienable. Natural rights are rights that every human being has from the moment he/she exists (conception or birth? That is another debate). They are universal since they are not contingent upon a person's social class, race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, culture, age, gender, etc. they are a natural right that all human beings have since they exist and do not depend on the customs or the laws in vigor where and when the person lives.

They are inalienable since they cannot be denied, removed or limited to/from any human being by any law, custom or arbitrary decision. They can be restricted only if the person is found to have violated the natural rights of others, like someone who murders another person will see his/her right to freedom restricted during the duration of his/her sentence.

The Founding Fathers were Christian men who also had a very secular and erudite education in the period known as the Age of Enlightenment. The notion of natural rights had come from very ancient times, all the way back to Greek Democracy, it was also mentioned by Zoroastrianism, Judaism and Christianity and was theorized by 18th century philosophers such as Rousseau, Voltaire, Locke, Hobbes, etc.