Both Uses of
inalienable
in
Declaration of Sentiments
- …and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes that impel them to such a course, We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.†
- He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise.†
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Definition:
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(inalienable) not separable -- i.e., not capable of being taken, given, or otherwise transferred away