Monthly Archives: September 2022

First Principles: The Greatest Good We Can Do Our Country Is To Heal Its Party Divisions and Make Them One People

“The greatest good we can do our country is to heal its party divisions and make them one people.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)

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Thought For the Day: Genius Is the Gold In the Mine, Talent Is the Miner Who Works and Brings It Out

“Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.” -Marguerite Gardiner, writer (1 Sep 1789-1849)

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First Principles: Of Those Men Who Have Over Turned the Liberties of Republics, the Greatest Number Have Begun Their Career By Paying…Court To the People…and Ending Tyrants

“Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.” -Alexander Hamilton (1787)

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