Sentence examples for citing the right of from inspiring English sources
Jin objected, citing the right of his congregation to worship in private.
Ohio's Republican governor, John Kasich, has risked the wrath of voters by commuting four death sentences (while overseeing eight executions), citing the right of even "awful" criminals to fair trials and an effective defence.
India was among 36 countries – including Pakistan, the US, Singapore, Egypt, Japan, China and Sri Lanka – who opposed the resolution, citing the right of each sovereign nation to decide its own legal system.
People will quite naturally fear that others may (citing the right of nature) invade them, and may rationally plan to strike first as an anticipatory defense.
Organizers of the radical "Recreate '68" coalition (named for the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago that ended in a police riot) are citing "the right of self defense" and refusing to disavow violence.
In April 1986, Thatcher permitted US F-111s to use Royal Air Force bases for the bombing of Libya in retaliation for the alleged Libyan bombing of a Berlin discothèque, citing the right of self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter.
The daily death toll today reminds us that the naqba hasn't gone away simply because liberal Zionists repeatedly cite the right of self-determination.
He also cited the right of national self-defense under international law, which allows a country to strike at enemies who pose an imminent threat.
He said it was "time to return to the principles of international legality," and cited the right of peoples to "self-determination" and respect for United Nations resolutions, but made no direct mention of Israel.
In "In Praise of Sin Taxes" (Side Lines, May 10, p.22) Editor William Baldwin opines, "Instead of outlawing bad behavior or punishing it with criminal sanctions, why not legalize it but charge a fee?" As an example he cites the right of power companies to spew mercury and other pollutants in exchange for a fee.
Hays cited the Rights of Woman in her novel Memoirs of Emma Courtney (1796) and modelled her female characters after Wollstonecraft's ideal woman.
