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This will be a willful surrender to the age-old, patently illogical dictum that preparing for war is the necessary precondition for peace.

From Salon

Justice Owens also said that someone attempting to cover up matters or making statements that are "patently untrue" are also serious.

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Instead, I would frame the Black liberal tradition in opposition to a pro-slavery or even a Jeffersonian liberal tradition that patently made no space for Black people and women.

From Salon

She flashed quizzical glances when he said something patently absurd, looked unimpressed when he hurled insults.

An aide to Newsom called those comments “patently false,” saying the governor has spent $24 billion to address homelessness and another $40 billion in support of affordable housing since he took office.

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