 You say, you know, I might not see the world the way you do, but I'm not going to lock you up in federal prison for 700 years. The founding fathers, when they wrote the US Constitution, which was the greatest and is the greatest political document ever written, it was an emphasis on what Aristotle would say is we are the speaking beings. What makes us different than dogs and horses is we are able to make sense of the natural world by using our speech.