“Nothing is discovered without God’s intention and assistance, and I suppose every new knowledge of His works that is conceded to man to be distinctly a revelation by which men are to guide themselves.” – Charles Dickens
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Thought For the Day: Nothing Is Discovered Without God’s Intention and Assistance
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First Principles: You Intended To Harm Me, But God Intended It For Good To Accomplish What Is Now Being Done, the Saving of Many Lives
“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” – Genesis 50:20
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Thought For the Day: Save Me From Trendy Religion That Makes Cheap Cliches Out of Timeless Truths
“Save me from trendy religion that makes cheap clichés out of timeless truths.” – Rich Mullins
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First Principles: Now More Than Ever the People Are Responsible For the Character of Their Congress
“Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature. . . . If the next centennial does not find us a great nation . . . it will be because those who represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces.” – James A. Garfield
Then as now, our nation had a belly full of corruption, ignorance, and misdeeds. Then as now, it is up to the people to change this and demand the high quailities we deeply deserve. Partisan politics and surrending the reasonable demand that our leaders be intelligent, brave, and uphold the best values is why we have what we have. We need to act together to build a better America in all ways. Who is with me? Good..Let’s get going on this.
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Tagged Body, Bravery, Centenniel, Character, Congress, Control, Corruption, Culture, Enterprise, First Principles, Great Nation, High Quality, Ignorance, Intelligence, James A. Garfield, Morality, More Than Ever, National Legislature, Political Forces, Pristine, Recklessness, Representation, The Nation, The People, Tolerance
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Thought For the Day: Success Is Determined Not By Whether Or Not You Face Obstacles, But By Your Reaction To Them…Each One Strengthens You
“Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next.” – Dr. Ben Carson
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First Principles: It Matters Not How A Man Dies, But How He lives
“It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.” – Samuel Johnson
Every day, our lives of reading, thinking, and customs we choose to follow are on display as if a living parade of standards kept, and those abandoned. Our choices define us all in how we will be seen by the wisest among those who come to know us. Let us choose wisely while we can. It reflects on the legacy we may leave behind.
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Thought For the Day: There Is No More Certain Sign of A Narrow Mind, of Stupidity, and of Arrogance Than To Stand Aloof From Those Who Think Differently From Us
“There is no more certain sign of a narrow mind, of stupidity, and of arrogance, than to stand aloof from those who think differently from us.” – Walter Savage Landor
Regardless of political or other stance, there are only rare moments in history in which, whatever position one has taken, it cannot be sharpened or made more useful by at least considering the thoughts of others.
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First Principles: The Conscience Is Left Free From All Restraint, and Each Is Permitted To Worship His Maker After His Own Judgment
“The United States have adventured upon a great and noble experiment, which is believed to have been hazarded in the absence of all previous precedent – that of total separation of Church and State. No religious establishment by law exists among us. The conscience is left free from all restraint, and each is permitted to worship his Maker after his own judgment.” – John Tyler
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Thought For the Day: Unlimited Tolerance Must Lead To the Disappearance of Tolerance
“Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.” – Karl Popper
This is precisely the issue we have going on with the DSA, the radical Islamists, and their fellow travelers on the Far Left. We must act to protect and preserve our Western Civilization or our tolerance will result in the loss of all we hold dear.
First Principles: There Is Nothing More Corrupting, Nothing More Destructive of the Noblest and Finest Feelings of our Nature, Than the Exercise of Unlimited Power
“There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.” – William Henry Harrison
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