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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.
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.
I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, "Where? What?" and turn read more
I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, "Where? What?" and turn away.
There are no facts, only interpretations.
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Facts don't cease to exist because they are ignored.
Facts don't cease to exist because they are ignored.
When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the read more
When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties.
A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights read more
A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.
Facts have a cruel way of substituting themselves for fancies. There is nothing more remorseless, just as there is nothing read more
Facts have a cruel way of substituting themselves for fancies. There is nothing more remorseless, just as there is nothing more helpful, than truth.
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.