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"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd."

"The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant."

"Almost any biographer, if he respects facts, can give us much more than another fact to add to our collection. He can give us the creative fact; the fertile fact; the fact that suggests and engenders."

"Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one."

"Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts."

"There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths."

"Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation."
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"Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life."

"A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person."

"The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the very core stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion."

"The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights."

"In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal right to property."

"Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do."

"It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and seizures, but unreasonable searches and seizures."
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