As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
The point of the essay is to change things.
I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.
My thesis was a defense of our Constitution on the terms that the founding fathers wrote specifically in the Federalist Papers. They hoped that our form of government would draw forward men and women who are the wisest, most prudent, and most experienced.
Facts are stubborn things.
Leave history to historians.
My work is very carefully researched. Sometimes I have to ditch an idea because I can't prove it.
Ideas have consequences that can transform society.
I think if somebody is so set in their ways about what they feel about something - and you get this a lot in academia, of course, and also different sorts of journalism too - you're going to sweep under the carpet the facts that don't suit your thesis. And I think that happens quite a lot in the courtroom, for instance.
Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.