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First Principles: Our Liberty Depends On Our Education, Law and Habits and Is Founded On Morality and Religion
“Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on the influence all these produce on public opinion before that opinion governs … Continue reading
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Tagged Authority, Education, First Principles, Fisher Ames, Founded, Govern, Habit, Heart, Influence, Law, Liberty, Morals, Public Opinion, Reign, Religion, Rulers
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Thought For the Day: Whether Prince or Pauper, All Are Prone To Abuse Power If Not Guided By Love of Truth and Virtue
“Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.” – Jean de la Fontaine, poet and fabulist (8 Jul … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: It’s Not Where You Go; It’s Who You Travel With
“In Life, It’s Not Where You Go, It’s Who You Travel With” – Charles Schulz
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First Principles: Sad Will Be the Day When Americans Forget Their Traditions and Their History
“Sad will be the day when the American people forget their traditions and their history, and so longer remember that the country they love, the institutions they cherish, and the freedom they hope to preserve, were born from the throes … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Day, Fearless, First Principles, Forget, Freedom, History, Remember, Resistance, Roger Sherman, Sad, Tradition, Tyranny
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Life Anew
On the further consideration of how diatoms not the Amazonian rainforest so much act as the lungs of this beautiful world of ours. For some of us who have to consider more than others the role of oxygen in our … Continue reading
First Principles: Seek Knowledge For the Benefit of Your Soul, Not For the Sake of Applause Or To Dispute
“Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.” – Jonathan Edwards
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Thought For the Day: If Dogs Do Not Go To Heaven, Then When I Die I Want To Go Where They Went
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” – Will Rogers
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First Principles: Honesty Is the First Chapter In the Book of Wisdom
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: In Being Generous To Others With Our Home, Food and Time, We Are Enriched
“When we are generous in welcoming people and sharing something with them-some food, a place in our homes, our time-not only do we no longer remain poor: we are enriched.” – Pope Francis
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