Possible Clues:

• Some are self-evident
• ''We hold these ... to be self-evident'' (US Declaration of Independence)
• Ruth Eliot covers up the realities of the situation
• Two ___ and a lie (icebreaker game)
• Axioms
• 'We hold these -- to be ...'
• Indisputable facts
• Aphorisms
• Primarily, they hurt badly with original saying?
• "We hold these ___ ..."