Novikov Consistency Principle

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    The lawyer’s truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    A certain secret jealousy of the British Minister is always lurking in the breast of every American Senator, if he is truly democratic; for democracy, rightly understood, is the government of the people, by the people, for the benefit of Senators, and there is always a danger that the British Minister may not understand this political principle as he should.
    Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)