Lyman Trumbull

Each state, so that it does not abridge the great fundamental rights belonging, under the Constitution, to all citizens, may grant or withhold such civil rights as it pleases; all that is required is that, in this respect, its laws shall be impartial.

American Politician

William Lloyd Garrison

If all our agents would abridge their speeches one half, I am satisfied the effect produced would be much greater. The 'art of leaving off' at the right time, and in the right place, is one of the most difficult things to learn.

American Journalist

Jacob Rees-Mogg

In the U.S., free speech and the press are protected by the First Amendment. It has a clarity unmatched by modern legislators and declares that 'Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or the press.

English Politician

Sol Wachtler

In the past, those who had ideas they wished to communicate to the public had the unquestioned right to disseminate those ideas in an open marketplace, called a mall, we should not abridge that right.

American Judge

James Madison

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

American President

Susan B. Anthony

Being persons, then, women are citizens; and no state has a right to make any new law, or to enforce any old law, that shall abridge their privileges or immunities.

American Activist

Kathy Griffin

When I'm going to see a comedian, I don't want to see them hold back, and when I'm reading a book, I don't want to hear an abridged version.

American Comedian

Charles Babbage

At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.

English Mathematician

William Goldman

If you're going to abridge a book in the author's own words, you can't go sticking your own in.

American Novelist

Berkeley Breathed

Some of us find our lives abridged even before the paperback comes out.

American Cartoonist

Focus on maintaining the key points while abridging a text to ensure its core message stays intact.

Essential Features

Ensure the shortened version is still clear and understandable, avoiding confusion.

Keep Clarity

Respect the original author's intent to prevent misrepresentation of their message.

Author's Intent

Accuracy is crucial; omitting the wrong parts in a legal context can change the entire meaning.

Legal Precision

When abridging legal texts, maintain a neutral tone to avoid altering the impact of the evidence.

Neutral Tone

Understand the context before abridging to ensure important legal nuances aren't lost.

Context Awareness

When abridging time or rights, ensure the change still allows the activity or power to be effective.

Maintain Substance

Consider the impact on stakeholders before abridging something that affects multiple people.

Impact Consideration

 So, at best, the image is meant to float away into abstraction and multiple truths and fantasy. And then the text functions as this cruel anchor that kind of nails it to the ground. But in this context I'm just going to read an abridged version of those texts.

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 known as the US Constitution specifically this little amendment right here no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens

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