The Simple Logic Of Arendt

It's a quote I never tire of citing, because it is true:


The right to marry whoever one wishes is an elementary human right
compared to which 'the right to attend an integrated school, the right
to sit where one pleases on a bus, the right to go into any hotel or
recreation area or place of amusement, regardless of one's skin or
or race' are minor indeed.

Even political rights, like the right to vote, and nearly all other rights enumerated in the Constitution, are secondary to the...

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Published on August 04, 2010 16:25
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