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Category: Success Principles

4 Jul

You Have the Right to Remain Silent—and to Speak Freely

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT—OR TO SPEAK FREELY.    Every year some students come to my classroom with the idea that the United States is a horrific nation, that it is unfair, unjust, and essentially, that it’s the worst place on the planet to live. Other students have no idea whatsoever what this nation stands for, the rights and liberties that we have by virtue of The Constitution of the United States and, in fact, they barely know what The Constitution is. As for The Bill of Rights, that’s not even on their radar. So—we have some frank and honest discussions about what this nation stands for, the rights that we have, and the importance of defending and protecting...
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