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The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to "create" rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights read more
The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to "create" rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.
A fact is like a sack --it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you read more
A fact is like a sack --it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the reasons and feelings that caused it in the first place.
Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.
Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.
We should keep so close to facts that we never have to remember the second time what we said the read more
We should keep so close to facts that we never have to remember the second time what we said the first time.
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to read more
We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to organize - women have the right to choose - and justice belongs to everyone regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation.
It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact that read more
It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact that no one has heard before.
From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a read more
From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.
