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fundamental right

Noun

Meaning

fundamental right (plural fundamental rights)

Synonym of human right, with subtle differences

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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To hold that the act of homosexual sodomy is somehow protected as a fundamental right would be to cast aside millennia of moral teaching. Warren E. Burger

People claiming that some fundamental right is foreign to their culture-that stinks no matter who says it, fundamentalists, patriarchs, Leninists, metanats, I don't care who. They aren't going to get away with it here, not if I can help it. Kim Stanley Robinson

The right to choose to live or to die is the most fundamental right there is; conversely, the duty to give others that opportunity to the best of our ability is the most fundamental duty there is. Aubrey de Grey

Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe. Dianne Feinstein

General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me. Benazir Bhutto

This is a fundamental right of Azerbaijan, as I mentioned before, given to us by international organizations, including the United Nations. We can not afford the conflict to be in such a frozen situation for another 15 years. Ilham Aliyev

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