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“In the middle of ‘Monicagate’, Bill Clinton himself used deconstruction in his own defence. Accused of lying when he had claimed not to have had sexual relations with the young intern, the President replied: ‘It depends on what the meaning of the word “is” is’ – a typically Derridean utterance.” quote by Benoît Peeters — Download Open image

““In the middle of ‘Monicagate’, Bill Clinton himself used deconstruction in his own defence. Accused of lying when he had claimed not to have had sexual relations with the young intern, the President replied: ‘It depends on what the meaning of the word “is” is’ – a typically Derridean utterance.””

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