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"right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"

But more importantly, the question is "where does it say the government can stop be from breathing?".




The sentence you quote is from the United States Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution; it is not law.

As to your question, the Fifth Amendment says:

No person shall [...] be deprived of life [...] without due process of law

If this is a concern to you, there are more civilized countries on the globe whose governments do not enjoy such powers.




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