Individuals have rights, and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating their rights). So strong and far-reaching are these rights that they raise the question of what, if anything, the state and its officials may do.
— Robert Nozick
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Today is Thursday, January 25th, 2024. It is A Room of One’s Own Day, Observe the Weather Day, National Irish Coffee Day, National Opposite Day, National Fluoride Day, and National IV Nurse Day.
On This Day
In 1575, Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais founded Luanda, today the capital of Angola.
In 1755, Moscow University was established.
In 1819, the University of Virginia was chartered by Commonwealth of Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson one of its founders.
In 1915, Alexander Graham Bell inaugurated U.S. transcontinental telephone service, linking New York and San Francisco.
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy conducted the first live, televised news conference by a U.S. chief executive.
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