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civil right
noun as in civil liberties
Example Sentences
Of course he lied to them about never being against the civil right act.
For Evan Wolfson, who testifies today at a Senate panel on repealing DOMA, same-sex marriage is a civil right.
Top reasons include: “It Violates Natural Law,” “It Turns a Moral Wrong Into a Civil Right,” and “It Offends God.”
As an apex moment in civil-right history, the inauguration ceremony for Barack Obama lifted the heart to a joyful breaking.
We have no moral nor civil right to make any demands, or ask any favours.
This right of voting is not a civil right; it is a political right which grew out of man's long struggle for his civil rights.
For what one civil right is worth a rush, after a man's property is subject to be taken from him at pleasure without his consent?
For what one civil right is worth a rush after a man's property is subject to be taken from him at pleasure without his consent?
First, That every civil right grows out of a natural right; or, in other words, is a natural right exchanged.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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