"The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it,… That being all equal an independent, no one off to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions."

That all men are created equal,… With certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,"

John Locke's perspective on it is reffering to the rights of the people to freely pursue there hearts content without interference while the declaration is stating the same without impediment from the government.