Demosophia

Daily Dish on Arendt

QUOTE FOR THE DAY I: "The right to marry whoever one wishes is an elementary human right compared to which 'the right to attend an integrated school, the right to sit where one pleases on a bus, the right to go into any hotel or recreation area or place of amusement, regardless of one's skin or color or race' are minor indeed. Even political rights, like the right to vote, and nearly all other rights enumerated in the Constitution, are secondary to the inalienable human rights to 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence; and to this category the right to home and marriage unquestionably belongs." - Hannah Arendt, Dissent, Winter 1959.

Well, I'm tempted to just let it lie there as a particle of humor that speaks for itself. Oh what the heck, I guess Ernst Heidegger interfered with her "rights," no?

I think Arendt is sharp and enlightening, and I'd say the same of Andrew. But they aren't always right, especially in an area that's so close to home. And again, if Andrew actually believes this he's not entirely forthcoming with us regarding the "federalism thing."