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Monthly Archives: December 2018
First Principles: The Ways and Means Needed By Our Government Must Equal Appropriations Hand In Hand
“There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that our appropriations should ever go hand in hand with our promises.” – James Madison (1790) … Continue reading
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Tagged Appropriations, First Principles, Fundamental, Hand In Hand, James Madison, Legislation, Means, Principle, Promises, Public Engagements, Ways
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Thought For the Day: Mistakes Come As Lessons In Trying New Things
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Anyone, Attempt, Learn, Mistake, New Things, Thought For the Day, Try
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Thought For the Day: Art Is To Be Loved Not Always Understood
“Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.” – Claude Monet, painter (14 Nov 1840-1926)
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Tagged Art, Claude Monet, Discuss, Love, Necessary, Thought For the Day, Understand
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First Principles: A Breakdown In the People’s Manners and Spirit Leads To the Destruction of Its Laws and Constitution
“It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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Tagged Canker, Constitution, Degeneracy, First Principles, Law, manners, Preserve, Republic, Spirit, The People, Thomas Jefferson
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The Greatest of All Time
Often in discussing sports and things, people talk in terms of who is the greatest of all time. That’s never made much sense to me. We can never know who is up and coming for example as to why… The … Continue reading
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Tagged Argument, Art, Braggadocio, Century, Collective, Cultural touchstone, Eloquent, Excellent, False Choice, False Claims, Front Cover, Greatest of All Time, History, Invective, Legacy, Music, Objective, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Reflective, Rhyme, Sports, Truth Unseen, Warrior, Word
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