"Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which……" — Evelyn Waugh
"Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity."
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- Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy. — Robert Bork