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Monthly Archives: October 2017
First Principles: Trust No Living Man With the Power to Endanger Liberty
“There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.” – John Adams, in an Oration at Braintree (Spring, 1772) … Continue reading
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Tagged Braintree, Danger, First Principles, Government, John Adams, Liberty, Men, Trust
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Thought For the Day: Tolerance Is How You Treat People Who Disagree With You
“Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.” – Timothy J. Keller
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Tagged Beliefs, Disagreement, Thought For the Day, Timothy J Keller, Tolerance, Treatment
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1000 Posts!!
Hoping that I’ve had something worthwhile to share with everyone along the way!! Quite the milestone right? I wanted to apologize for not keeping up the normal amount of posts in the last few days. Not an excuse, but, things … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog, Celebration, Future, Gratitude, Milestone, Philosophy, Poetry, Thought For the Day
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Gratitude
Let every day be a day of humble gratitude Filled with love and giving each other latitude As we look around us in our moments of every day I do not know about you, but, I find that in every … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessings, Daily Prompt, Gratitude, History, Legacy, Thankfulness, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Fascism Has Come To America In the Name of the Progressives
“If fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of liberalism.” – Ronald Reagan And it apparently has. I am getting truly discouraged as I look out on what is happening in America. Marxism is having a … Continue reading
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First Principles: Dependence Begets Subservience
“Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781) The entitlement programs of America have come to be taken for granted. And now, as we watch … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambition, Dependence, First Principles, Subservience, Thomas Jefferson, Tools, Venality, Virtue
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Prefer
There’s a lot of talk out on the street About what gentlemen prefer and don’t I can think of pros and cons we’ll meet In what will prove important and what won’t But if you ask me, this attempted gentleman, … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Daily Prompt, Forever Love, Gossip, Humility, Inside, Lessons, Prefer, Vanity, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: The Loudest Voices For the Alleged Public Welfare Are Not Always The Truest
“It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.” — Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
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First Principles: Countries Like People Should Keep Their Word In All Agreements
“States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.” —Alexander Hamilton (1790), In Report On Public Credit The Report On Public Credit may be read here: http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_8_2s5.html … Continue reading
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 