Monthly Archives: January 2023

Thought For the Day: Those Calling for the Silencing of People With Whom They Disagree Politically – What the Democrats Are Currently Doing – Will Only Work To Stoke the Fires of Division and Hatred

“Those calling for the silencing of people with whom they disagree politically — what the Democrats are currently doing — will only work to stoke the fires of division and hatred. Genuine unity requires offering genuine respect and acceptance of … Continue reading

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First Principles: All Men Having Power Ought To Be Distrusted To A Certain Degree

“All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.” – James Madison (1787)

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Thought For the Day: To Move Freely You Must Be Deeply Rooted

“To move freely you must be deeply rooted.” – Bella Lewitzky, dancer (13 Jan 1916-2004)

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Thought For the Day: Finding the Occasional Straw of Truth Awash In A Great Ocean of Confusion and Bamboozle Requires Intelligence, Vigilance, Dedication, and Courage

“Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don’t practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems … Continue reading

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First Principles: For My Part, Whatever Anguish of Spirit It Might Cost, I Am Willing To Know the Whole Truth; To Know the Worst, and To Provide For It

“For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.” – Patrick Henry (1775)

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Thought For the Day: Censorship Always Defeats Its Own Purpose, For It Creates, In the End, the Kind of Society That Is Incapable of Exercising Real Discretion

“Censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. … In the long run it will create a generation incapable of appreciating the difference between independence … Continue reading

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First Principles: I Think All the World Would Gain By Setting Commerce At Perfect Liberty

“I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785)

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First Principles: Take Care, Lest You Forget the Lord Your God By Not Keeping His Commandments and His Rules and His Statutes, Which I Command You Today

“Take care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today.” – Deuteronomy 8: 11

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Thought For the Day: All Government – Indeed, Every Human Benefit and Enjoyment, Every Virtue and Every Prudent Act – Is Founded On Compromise and Barter

“All government — indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act — is founded on compromise and barter.” – Edmund Burke

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First Principles: God Governs In the Affairs of Men

“And have we now forgotten that powerful Friend? or do we imagine we no longer need its assistance? I have lived, Sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this Truth, that … Continue reading

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