Source: 1480AM. La Otra Historia. Guadalajara, Mexico.
Why Men Earn More (2005)
“That seems to us to be the common sense of the matter; and common sense often makes good law.”
Writing for the court, Peak v. United States, 353 U.S. 43 (1957)
Judicial opinions
“Nor does it impose silence on this sex which does not deserve to be despised.”
N'impose pas non plus silence à ce sexe qui ne mérite pas qu'on le méprise.
[in Gracchus Babeuf avec les Egaux, Jean-Marc Shiappa, Les éditions ouvrières, 1991, 44, 27082 2892-7]
On women
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
“When silence is a choice, it is an unnerving presence. When silence is imposed, it is censorship.”
Source: When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
“Peace does not impose itself automatically, by itself, but is the result of the will of men.”
Remarks of President Joe Biden – State of the Union Address As Prepared for Delivery (March 1, 2022) https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/03/01/remarks-of-president-joe-biden-state-of-the-union-address-as-delivered/
2022, March 2022, State of the Union Address
The Atheist's Guide to Reality (2011)
Context: There is, however, a much more convincing argument that needs to be put on the table before we really begin turning common sense upside down. It is the overwhelming reason to prefer science to ordinary beliefs, common sense, and direct experience. Science is just common sense continually improving itself, rebuilding itself, until it is no longer recognizable as common sense. It is easy to miss this fact about science without studying a lot of history of science—and not the stories about science, but the succession of actual scientific theories and how common sense was both their mother and their midwife.
