Nothing gives thought more injustice then a few unread words, written to some convention of private-speech to be read but not understood. Even as I sit here pondering the matter of the subject, the meaning is not a matter of itself. The meaning rests largely without reference. The words go in and out. They are pronounced in a dialect of a crude
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" In a Wall Street Journal op-ed in 1997, Bolton articulated his dismissive view of international treaties. “Treaties are law only for U.S. domestic purposes,” he wrote, “In their international operation, treaties are simply political obligations.” In other words, international treaties signed by the United States should not be considered as a body
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"Denying the terrible side of life, we have noted, leads one into becoming an unconscious servant of it. Only by recognizing it, embracing it with mindfulness, and transforming our garbage into flowers, does one then gain the freedom to consciously access the other facets of the infinitely complex fabric of life
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