inalienable

in a sentence

Lefkowitz wrote, "Every human being has an inalienable right to determine what shall be done with his own body.†  (source) Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, 2010

WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.†  (source) Laurie Halse Anderson, Chains, 2008

In a ringing preamble, drafted by Thomas Jefferson, the document declared it "self-evident" that "all men are created equal," and were endowed with the "unalienable" rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."†  (source) David McCullough, 1776, 2005

The actress spoke about suffering children, about the barbarity of Communist dictatorship, the human right to security, the current threat to the traditional values of civilized society, the inalienable freedom of the human individual, and President Carter, who was deeply sorrowed by the events in Cambodia.†  (source) Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, 1984

He also said, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."†  (source) Phil Robertson, Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander, 2013

We come from God, we live by God, we belong to God: we are His, inalienably His.†  (source) James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1917

There was only a small part of his estate that Sir Walter could dispose of; but had every acre been alienable, it would have made no difference.†  (source) Jane Austen, Persuasion, 1817

General Remarks On The Administration Of The United States Differences of the States of the Union in their system of administration—Activity and perfection of the local authorities decrease towards the South—Power of the magistrate increases; that of the elector diminishes—Administration passes from the township to the county—States of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania—Principles of administration applicable to the whole Union—Election of public officers, and inalienability of their functions—Absence of gradation of ranks—Introduction of judicial resources into the administration.†  (source) Alexis de Toqueville, Democracy In America, Volume 1, 1835

It was compiled during the depression by the best writers in America, who were, if that is possible, more depressed than any other group while maintaining their inalienable instinct for eating.†  (source) John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley, 1962

But these words were left intact: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."†  (source) Ann Petry, Harriet Tubman, 1971

And, besides," he continued, with a fastidious sensibility, inalienably characteristic of the man, "it would not be fit nor beautiful to go!†  (source) Nathanial Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables, 1851

Not All Rights Are Alienable†  (source) Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651

Judiciary, Taxes, etc. ] The election of public officers, or the inalienability of their functions, the absence of a gradation of powers, and the introduction of a judicial control over the secondary branches of the administration, are the universal characteristics of the American system from Maine to the Floridas.†  (source) Alexis de Toqueville, Democracy In America, Volume 1, 1835