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First Principles: We know That In All Things God Works For the Good of Those Who Love Him, Who Have Been Called According To His Purpose
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” – Romans 8: 28
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Thought For the Day: If We Had Paid No More Attention To Our Plants Than We Have Our Children, We Would Now Be Living In A Jungle of Weeds
“If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weeds.” – Luther Burbank, horticulturist (7 Mar 1849-1926)
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Tagged Attention, Children, Jungle, Live, Luther Burbank, Paid, Plants, Thought For the Day, Weeds
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Thought For the Day: Beauty Is the Purgation of Superfluities
“Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.” – Michelangelo Buonarroti, sculptor, painter, architect, and poet (6 Mar 1475-1564
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First Principles: We Cannot Allow Any Unelected Federal Agencies/Bureaucrats To Operate Outside the Constitution, Undermine Our Civil Liberties and Create Their Own Foreign Policies
“We cannot allow any unelected federal agencies/bureaucrats to operate outside the Constitution, undermine our civil liberties, and create their own foreign policies.” – Harry Truman “For some time I have been disturbed by the way the CIA has been diverted … Continue reading
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Tagged All Federal Agenices, American People, CIA, Civil Liberties, Constitituion, Create, Disturbed, Federal Agencies/Bureaucrats, First Principles, Foreign Policies, Government, Harry S. Truman, Operational, Original Assignment, Policy-Making, Serve, Undermine, Unelected
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Open Heaven
Open Heavenby Michael DoylePassed on from generation to generationIt’s not just a statement about positionThat despite the storms of a passing lifeWe are faithful through peace and strifeEveryone on earth can do our partIt’s simply a matter of faith in … Continue reading
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Tagged Faith, Faithful, Generation, Generosity, Giving, Heaven, Open, Poetry and Poems, Position, Righteous, Sacred, Score, Sow, Storm
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Thought For the Day: When One Door Closes Another Door Opens
“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” -Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (3 Mar 1847-1922)
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Tagged Alexander Graham Bell, Another Door, Closed Door, Look, Often, One Door, Open, Regret, See, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The Name of American, Which Belongs To You, In Your National Capacity, Must Always Exalt the Just Pride of Patriotism
“Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any … Continue reading
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Tagged Affection, American, Appellation, Birth, Choice, Citizens, First Principles, George Washington, National Capacity, Patriotism
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First Principles: In A Society Under the Forms of Which the Stronger Faction Can Readily Unite and Oppress the Weaker, Anarchy May As Truly Be Said To Reign As In A State of Nature
“In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign as in a state of nature.” – James Madison (1788)
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Thought For the Day: Jokes of the Proper Kind, Properly Told, Can Do More To Enlighten Questions of Politics, Philosophy, and Literature Than Any Number of Dull Arguments
“Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.” – Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (1920-1992)
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Tagged Dull Arguments, Enlighten, Isaac Asimov, Jokes, Literature, Number, Philosophy, Politics, Proper Kind, Properly Told, Questions, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: When We Took Prayers Out of Schools, Guns Came Into Schools…Don’t Tell Me About No Separation of Church and State. State Is the Body. Church Is the Heart.
“When we took prayers out of schools, guns came into schools. … Don’t tell me about no separation of church and state. State is the body. Church is the heart. You take the heart out of the body, the body … Continue reading
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Tagged Body, Church and State, Guns, Heart, NYC Mayor Eric Adams, Prayers, School, Seperation, Thought For the Day
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