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“For Calhoun, minority rights were a cloak for the interests of the wealthy, the powerful, and most of all, the white supremacist.”
― Adam Jentleson, Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy

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“We must find our way to a time when faith, without evidence, disgraces anyone who would claim it.”
― Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

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“To the Framers, a “republic” meant what we today call a democracy: a system where the people elect their representatives, who then write and vote on laws.”
― Adam Jentleson, Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy

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“It is not a mistake to have strong views. The mistake is to have nothing else.”
― Anthony Weston, A Rulebook for Arguments

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“What constitutes a civil society? At minimum, it is a place where ideas, of all kinds, can be criticized without the risk of physical violence. If you live in a land where certain things cannot be said about the king, or about an imaginary being, or about certain books, because such utterances carry the penalty of death, torture, or imprisonment, you do not live in a civil society. It”
― Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

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