right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"

right to privacy - right to be free of unsanctioned intrusion

right to life - the right to live

right to liberty - the right to be free

right to the pursuit of happiness - the right to try to find happiness

freedom of thought - the right to hold unpopular ideas

equality before the law - the right to equal protection of the laws

civil right, civil rights - right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality

jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"