Sentences with 'contradiction'
Example sentences and phrases with the word contradiction and other words derived from it.
• « Some Quakers, who were deeply troubled by the contradiction between their belief in the "inner light" and the practice of slavery, rejected the practice and engaged in efforts to abolish it altogether. »
• « The Declaration of Independence also reveals a fundamental contradiction of the American Revolution: the conflict between the existence of slavery and the idea that "all men are created equal". »
• « Slavery offered the most glaring contradiction between the idea of equality enunciated in the Declaration of Independence ("all men are created equal") and the reality of race relations in the late 18th century. »
• « Jefferson understood the contradiction perfectly well, and his writings reveal harshly racist assumptions. »