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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
“Inherent and inalienable rights” came out “certain unalienable rights,” and to this day no one knows who suggested the elegant change.

I always thought it was Franklin. Dunno why.

7 posted on 07/04/2025 11:06:57 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perfection is impossible. But if you pursue perfection...you may achieve excellence.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

“I always thought it was Franklin. Dunno why.”

I watched a movie on TV this morning. It supposedly was a docu-drama. In it they broached this subject and that conversation was in the movie but I have forgotten who said it. ;-(

It was not Franklin but do not remember who.


9 posted on 07/04/2025 11:28:39 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star! ;-))
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