self-evident truth

Venezuelans hold as self-evident truth that their homeland’s eastern end includes the Essequibo region.

Venezuelans hold as self-evident truth that their homeland’s eastern end includes Guyana’s Essequibo region next to the Atlantic — a territory larger than Greece and rich in oil and minerals.

Throughout the first half of the 1790s, the closest approximation to a self-evident truth in American politics was George Washington.

That self-evident truth was on vivid display throughout the recall.

This allergy to self-evident truth didn’t happen all at once, of course.