In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world.
- Angela CarterSome in journalism consider themselves apart from and to some extent above the people they purport to serve.
- Brit HumeThe Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to "create" rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.
- Andrew PatelThe Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to "create" rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.
- William J. Brennan, Jr.