natural rights
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“And I will never back down in the fight to defend our natural rights.”
From Seattle Times
The national fabric is based not on a government power but on the doctrine of natural rights that limits government power.
From Washington Post
“Democracy is not something you earn by virtue of the crime rate or inflation rate. Democracy is something you earn by virtue of natural rights we recognize under our Constitution,” Raskin said.
From Washington Post
“The 1619 Project is patriotic in its commitment to Enlightenment values like liberty, equality, and freedom of speech and religion, and in its insistence that these natural rights be granted to all Americans,” Woody Holton, a historian at the University of South Carolina, said in an email.
From Washington Times
Myers argued that the Kansas Supreme Court’s 2019 decision violates a provision of the state’s Bill of Rights guaranteeing “natural rights,” including “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
From Seattle Times
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