Sentence examples for were not persons from inspiring English sources

Native Americans were not persons.

Slaves, of course, were not persons.

Unlike the inhabitants of Mount Olympus, the Norse gods whose murderous squabbles and vindictive wars bring about the final catastrophe "did not have faces, they were not persons".

"We believe that defendants failed to establish any prejudice to their own constitutional rights because they were not persons aggrieved by the unlawful search and seizure...

When Emily Murphy, a leading feminist who was a judge in Alberta, sought an appointment, the prime minister turned her down on the ground that women were not "persons" within the meaning of the law.

Attorneys for the Texas school district in question tried to argue that illegal immigrants were not "persons within the jurisdiction of the State of Texas"; the Court rightly scoffed at that (one suspects that illegal immigrants who committed a crime would swiftly find out what jurisdiction they were in).

The serious problem is that many humans are not persons.

"Corporations are not persons.

It is not spread person-to-person.

Hookworm is not spread person-to-person.

Mr. Khan is not that person.