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First Principles: Whoever Would Overthrow A Nation’s Liberty Must Begin By Subduing Free Speech
“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Thought For the Day: Do Not Fear Failure
“Don’t fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.” – Bruce Lee
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American Dream
In this day and age, so many tear at the foundations of America. They do so with an almost willful ignorance of what came before and what’s happened since. There is an insistence that perfection be from the beginning when … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Children, Confuse, Critic, Crumble, Dream, Dystopia, Family, Foundation, Freedom, Gettysburg, God Given, Hues, Human Condition, Humble Beginning, Ignorance, Judge, Mankind, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Reparations, Revolution, Shoes, Shoulder, Slavery, Tear, Today, Understanding
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Thought For the Day: America Was Built On Courage, Imagination and An Unbeatable Determination To Do the Job At Hand
“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” – Harry S. Truman
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First Principles: Happy Fourth of July!
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” – Thomas Jefferson, in The Declaration of … Continue reading
First Principles: It Isn’t How You Die. It’s What You Live For
“It isn’t how you die. It’s what you live for.” – Daniel Boone
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Thought For the Day: Guard Your Kindness Within; Knowing How To Give Without Hesitation; Lose Without Regret and Acquire Without Meanness
“Guard within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.” – George Sand [pen name of Amantine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin], novelist (1 Jul 1804-1876)
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On The Importance of A Diatom
The world needs a lot of oxygen to breath. We take it for granted. Most of us. Some of us get exposed to toxicity that makes us know just how precious that oxygen is. But, where does it come from? … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Andes, Breeze, Climate, Cloud, Coincidence, Diatom, Fertile Soil, Floral, History, Importance, Journey, Jungle, Know, Life, Lungs, Mystery, Ocean, Oxygen, Photograph, Planet, Poem, Poetry, Popular Science, Providence, Rain, Rainforest, River, Sahara, Secret, Sky, Symphonic, Tree, Tropical, Truth, Water, Wind
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