"No matter how explicit the pledge, people..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
No matter how explicit the pledge, people will turn and twist the text to suit their own purpose
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“It [the Constitution] didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution, at least as it's been interpreted, and the Warren court interpreted it in the same way that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. It says what the states can't do to you, it says what the federal government can't do to you, but it doesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf. And that hasn't shifted.”
“I never tell anyone what to take away from a movie.”
“For the rhapsode ought to interpret the mind of the poet to his hearers, but how can he interpret him well unless he knows what he means?”