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Thought For the Day: The Real Destroyer of the Liberties of the People Is He Who Spread Among Them Bounties, Donations, and Benefits
“The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.” – -Greek Historian Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus
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Tagged Benefits, Bounties, Destroyer, Donations, Liberties, Spread, The People, Thomas Sowell, Thought For the Day
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Chosen to Live
Chosen to Live by Michael DoylePraying to a God of second chancesRecovering from life breaks and broken romancesWe have become one of the familyThrough the glory and the days of dramedyWe say our prayers in thankfulnessGrateful for God’s role in … Continue reading
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Tagged Born, Chosen, Difference, Glory, God, Hard Knocks, Linking Arms, Live, Magnificence, Mourn, One of the Family, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Rejoice, Sanctified, Second Chances, Thankfulness, Three Lock Box
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Thought For the Day: Missing Context Is the Fact-Checker Euphemism for ‘This Claim Is Correct but We Don’t Want Anyone Screencapping This As Ammo
“‘Missing context’ is the fact-checker euphemism for ‘this claim is correct but we don’t want anyone screencapping this as ammo.’” – Noam Blum
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Tagged Ammo, Claim, Euphemism, Fact Checker, Missing Context, Noam Blum, Screencapping, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Our Constitution Was Made Only For A Moral and Religious People
“Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.” – John Adams
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Tagged Constitution, First Principles, John Adams, Made, Moral, People, Religious
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Off Ramp
Off Rampby Michael DoyleFrom dodge ball to full gloryWe live the Christmas storyBridged by that crossOn which God took our lossUnknown is the time and seasonBut what is known is the reasonThat healing of eternal riftIf only we will receive … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Accept, Bridged, Chains, Chosen, Christmas Story, Cross, Dead, Death, Elected, Enjoy, Eternal Rift, Freeway, Fruit, Full Glory, Gift, God, Good Book, Hallelujah, Healing, Holy Priests, Known, Last, Last Breath, Left, Life, Live, Loss, Love, Off Ramp, Past, Poetry and Poems, Raised, Real Death, Reason, Receive, Relieve, Righteous Nation, Said, Salvation, Savior, Selected, Time and Season, Unknown, Walks
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Thought For the Day: Individual Liberty Rapidly Decays Into Corruption and Anarchy Without A Meaningful Commitment To Personal Responsibility
“Individual liberty rapidly decays into corruption and anarchy without a meaningful commitment to personal responsibility based on our nation’s Judeo-Christian heritage. Traditional beliefs and values must therefore continue to serve as our touchstone and compass.” – Mark Alexander
First Principles: Honor, Justice, and Humanity, Forbid Us Tamely To Surrender That Freedom Which We Received From Our Gallant Ancestors
“Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestors, First Principles, Fobid, Freedom, Gallant, Honor, Humanity, Justice, Receive, Surrender, Tame, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Honesty Will Be Found On Every Experiment, To Be the Best and Only True Policy; Let Us Then As A Nation Be Just
“Honesty will be found on every experiment, to be the best and only true policy; let us then as a Nation be just.” – George Washington (1783)
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Tagged Best, Experiment, First Principles, Found, George Washington, Honesty, Just, Nation, Policy, True, Us
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Thought For the Day: What Power Has Love But Forgiveness?
“What power has love but forgiveness?” – William Carlos Williams, poet (17 Sep 1883-1963)
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Tagged Forgiveness, Love, Power, Thought For the Day, William Carlos Williams
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Thought For the Day: Evil Is Powerless If the Good Are Unafraid
“Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.” – Ronald Reagan
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Tagged Evil, Good, Powerless, Ronald Reagan, Thought For the Day, Unafraid
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