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n. - Personal characteristics that are inherited when born; A privilege that you are entitled to when born; An inheritance coming when born (especially by primogeniture).

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  • I've learned that the resources we need to turn our dreams into reality are within us, merely waiting for the day when we decide to wake up and claim our birthright.
  • Free public education is the birthright of every American child
  • Our birthright is the propensity to dream, dance, and evolve.
  • Stipulating that health care is a birthright is a value.
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