natural rights
Example Sentences
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"We stand at the edge of a new era - one where our natural rights will prevail," she told viewers.
From BBC
In it she states that "we stand at the edge of a new era - one where our natural rights will prevail" and argues that Maduro and his close allies need to be held accountable for "crimes against humanity", citing the mistreatment of political prisoners and detainees under his rule.
From BBC
Washington wrote back warmly: “All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship. It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights.”
Mr. Persico sides with scholars who find the rudiments of natural rights in the medieval period.
Leaning heavily on Jeffersonian rhetoric, the Browns called on the “oppressed” populace to rise and assert “their natural rights” as “citizens of a free republic.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
