1776, S:United_States_Declaration_of_Independence, We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...
1999, Bertrand Russell, Charles R. Pigden, Russell on Ethics, Can we then find axioms as self-evident as those of Arithmetic, on which we can build as on a sure foundation, which could be shaken only by a scepticism which should attack the whole fabric of our knowledge?
