Synonyms for by rights
by rights

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1. by rightsadverb

   Properly, in justice.

   The post of vice-president should, by rights, have been given to John.

   Synonyms:
   in fairness, by all rights

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1. by rights, properlyadverb

   with reason or justice

   Synonyms:
   decent, decently, in good order, the right way, properly, right

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1. Ashton Carter:

   There should be no mistake : The United States will fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows, as U.S. forces do all over the world, america, alongside its allies and partners in the regional architecture, will not be deterred from exercising these rights.

2. Bernie Sanders:

   Democratic Socialists must recognize that in the 21st century, in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, economic rights are human rights, democratic Socialists is what I mean by democratic socialism.

3. Aimee Stephens:

   It would be nice if our rights were formally protected, that we have the same basic human rights as everyone else. We are not asking for anything special.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   To anyone who has ever wondered what you would have done during those defining moments that we read about in history books -- whether you would have risked arrest to demand votes for women or bled on the Edmund Pettus bridge to demand voting rights for all -- the answer is what you are doing now could be as important as anything that anyone has done before.

5. J. Paul Getty:

   The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.