Where did the founders come up with the principles of the bill of rights?

The founders came up with these principles through the discoveries of many philosophers. An example being that of “the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” was derived from many works including ‘The Leviathan’.

I hope this helps! There are a few more philosophers involved with this, I’m being taught this in class right now and I just wrote what I remembered about this!

The one that considered as a direct result of the presidential committee on civil rights’