  Titus Pullo I came, I saw, I slept
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| reply to noone1 Re: Disgusting
What I'm talking about goes back to Socrates; and, in more modern times, I believe in so far as the social contract, John Locke.
FWIW, to promote the general welfare and provide for the common good is part of the preamble, but what I'm actually alluding to goes to basic humanism -- not a document. It springs from philosophy, not political doctrine. -- "The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose." -- Frederick Douglass |