inalienable
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This provision simply states that “all natural persons” are “equal before the law and have inalienable rights.”
From Slate • May 13, 2026
"Venezuela's historical rights are inalienable and Venezuela is determined to defend them peacefully," Samuel Reinaldo Moncada Acosta told the court.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
To Wilson, the inalienable rights of the individual were “a lot of nonsense.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
In Article I, the first section promises that “all people are by nature free and independent and have inalienable rights.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
When we said that men are ‘endowed with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,’ we did not pause to define ‘happiness.’
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing inalienable
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
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Dear Martin
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