inalienable
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To Wilson, the inalienable rights of the individual were “a lot of nonsense.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
“Each nation has the inalienable right to decide its political, economic, and social model, free from external pressure.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026
But the auction was cancelled after the Indian Ministry of Culture issued a legal order calling the jewels the "inalienable religious and cultural heritage of India and the global Buddhist community".
From Barron's • Jan. 3, 2026
Our history is marked by many instances in which people’s inalienable rights have been violated or when they were targeted in spite of their adherence to and belief in our “civil religion.”
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2025
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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