rights

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GAY RIGHTS: Oregon and Idaho defeated proposals that would have limited gay- rights protection.

From Time Magazine Archive

RIGHTS, danger of denying, 88; of voting essential to the enjoyment of other rights, 92; as affected by emancipation, 328.

From History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by Barnes, William Horatio

But at the Reformation the people were restored to their RIGHTS!

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac

Similarly, Labor Unions, when soundly organized, are striving properly and legitimately to obtain their RIGHTS.

From Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Brisbane, Arthur

The philosophy of the question turns upon these two simple words, "RIGHTS" and "DUTIES."

From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) by Various