Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for November 22, 2002
Transcript:
GALVIN: Nate, Mrs. Czerwicki and I are not having an affair! I demand you print a retraction! NATE: Retraction? GALVIN: Admit, in print, that what you wrote was wrong! NATE: So you're not having an affair with Mrs. Czerwicki? GALVIN: NO! NATE: Can you prove that? GALVIN: I don't have to prove it!! NATE: "said the visibly perspiring science teacher."
The burden of proof lies with the one who makes the claim (semper necessitas probandi incumbit ei qui agit).