None of the men and women who voted for this bill has any right to speak in public about the rule of law anymore, or to take a high moral view of the Third Reich, or to wax poetic about the American Idea.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author claims people who voted for certain bills lose moral authority to speak on law or history.
- In plain terms
- People who voted for this bill cannot talk about law or history without hypocrisy.
- What can you take from it?
- Actions can undermine a person's moral standing to speak publicly.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does a bad vote remove your right to speak?
- What gives someone moral authority?
Another view
It assumes voting for a bill automatically strips all moral standing.
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