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The Greatest Theft of Moral Credit in Modern History The Lie We're Taught What Every School Child Learns: "The Magna Carta (1215 CE) was the first document to establish human rights and limit governmental power. It's the foundation of Western democracy and individual liberty." What the United Nations Claims: The UN website, human rights textbooks, and Western institutions universally present the Magna Carta as the beginning of human rights history.
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