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Descartes has always had an especially great craving for learning to distinguish the true from the false, to see his way clearly in his actions, and to go forward with confidence in his life.

He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself because he makes himself bad.

Marcus Aurelius counsels us that if we do not used the limited time fixed for us to clear the clouds from our mind, the time will go, we will go and it will never return.

Marcus Aurelius appreciates that whenever he wished to help any man in his need or on any occasion, that he was never told that he did not have the means of doing so.

#MeToo was started by a woman of color.

Quotations fron Alexander Hamilton, Harvey Milk, OJ Simpson, Amy Winehouse and the author's mother.

It is hard to let justice take its course with a justice system like ours.

As men, we should start absorbing the stories of the women nearest to us.

No one should ever be in a relationship that is not healthy and loving.

Eugene Ionesco writes Rhinoceros in which those who fall prey to propaganda are turned into giant horned beasts.

It starts on Page 9

A little bit of effort goes a long way.

USA Founding Fathers cited Magna Carta as a source of inspiration.

Putin displaces Primakov as Prime Minister of Russia.

HW Brands, Gregory Koger and Donald Matthews are all cited in Chapter 6.

The implementation of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act began a process of sorting out voters ideologically.

Leading Republicans endorse Donald Trump.

SFP+ Transceivers

Congress approves the Jay Treaty

Theodore Sedgwick admiited that the majority's clear intention was to elect Thomas Jefferson.

Elbridge Gerry declares the election a battle between the people and those utterly devoted to a monarchical system.

The Federalists blame their electoral losses on fissures in the party.

Washington informs his cabinet that he will retire at the end of his second term.

Burr becomes a Republican Presidential nominee.

The Federalists nominate Adams & Pinckney and the Republicans nominate Jefferson & Burr

Notes to pages 144-152

Madison's efforts to shepard the draft of the Constitution through the ratification conventions kicks into high gear.

John Jay bypasses the French and orders from his own Confederation Congress to negotiate a draft of the Treaty of Paris.

John Dickinson of New Jersey chairs a committee of the Continental Congress that attempts to achieve a compromise between those that wanted a state-based confederation and those who wanted a federal government with enumerated powers.

The ratified Articles of Confederation read more like a diplomatic treaty among sovereign powers than a constitution.