What do most people believe basic rights come from

The declaration of independence...

and the fact that rights give us a boost and a good free life.

Explanation:

I think we have basic rights because we need to have those in order to make sure we can live freely, without basic rights we can't do very much;

I also believe we have rights from the government because without them we will likely not live a good life and without rights we only have rules, and not to mention rights CAN PREVENT US FROM TERMINATING the government;

it is a part of john locke's natural rights popular during the age of enlightenment that people had inalienable rights to life, liberty and property. this was reflected by thomas jefferson in his declaration of independence as rights to life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

another line in the declaration of independence is that people have certain rights just because they are human. humans are capable of obeying the three natural rights john locke mentioned making them governable by these laws and therefore entitled to these rights as well.