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• s  evident without proof or argument
  we hold these truths to be self-evident

• That may seem like a self-evident truth to anyone who's been paying attention, but it's the kind of truth we haven't been hearing from government officials in a long time.
• The professors say Lincoln repeatedly invoked the opening of the Declaration of Independence"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal .
• The idea of "self-evident" truths was one that drew less on Locke, who was Jefferson's favored philosopher, than on the scientific determinism espoused by Isaac Newton and the .

• axiomatic
• taken for granted

News & Articles

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• Kolb, Manuel begin journey for Bills’ starting job
  Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone said Tuesday he thinks the starting quarterback battle between Kevin Kolb and EJ Manuel will become self-evident at some point in training camp this summer.
  June 12, 2013 - The Buffalo News
• Regnat Populus
  hat Democracy is rule by the people was once considered self-evident in this country, but that changed with the Supreme Court's disastrous ruling in the Citizens United case. "Democracy is rule by the people, after all, not rule by Goldman Sachs, Walmart or the U.S. Chamber of Commerce." — Robert Weissman, president of the public-interest group Public Citizen. That Democracy is rule by the ...
  June 12, 2013 - Arkansas Times
• Amenities draw both businesses and people
  While the link between economic performance and local schools is self-evident, I am often asked to explain why having more and better local amenities matters to job creation.
  June 11, 2013 - Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

Quotes

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• Thomas Jefferson in Huffington Post (blog)
  That is what our founding fathers had in mind when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence 234 years ago, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable...
• Sir Alex Ferguson in Independent
  I would have thought it self-evident that winning prizes comes with stability and long-term planning,said Ferguson. "Yet so often, when a club is faced with a few problems, wisdom flies out of the window in the hope that a new man can...