Self-Evident
Dear Blaise,
In declaring independence from British rule in 1776, the congress of what was then the thirteen states of America issued a document containing a preamble that is famous amongst Muggles but contains a line that wizards seem never to have encountered which, paraphrased, runs, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all peoples are created equal, that they are endowed with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness", which might not be so self-evident as all that, but still: something to think about!
Yours,
Dennis