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I don’t believe in these ultimate principles that must simply be affirmed or denied.
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The speaker rejects “ultimate principles” when they are treated as unquestionable truths. They do not accept that such ideas must simply be affirmed or denied. The statement leaves room for examining or questioning principles instead of treating them as matters with only two permitted answers.
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