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First Principles: Equal Laws Protecting Equal Rights; the Best Guarantee of Loyalty and Love of Country
“Equal laws protecting equal rights; the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country.” – James Madison (1820)
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Tagged Best Guarantee, Country, Equal Laws, Equal Rights, First Principles, James Madison, Love, Loyalty, Protect
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Thought For the Day: We Are Social Creatures In the Inmost Centre of Our Being. The Notion That One Can Begin…From Scratch…Could Not…Be More Wrong
“We are social creatures to the inmost centre of our being. The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or unindebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong.” -Karl Popper, philosopher and … Continue reading
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Tagged Being, Center, Debt, Free, Karl Popper, Notion, Others, Past, Scratch, Social Creatures, Thought For the Day, Wrong
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First Principles: In Selecting Men For Office, Let Principle Be Your Guide. Regard Not the Particular Sect Or Denomination of the Candidate – Look At His Character
“In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate — look to his character.” – Noah Webster (1789)
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Tagged Candidate, Character, Denomination, First Principles, Guide, Men, Noah Webster, Office, Principle, Regard, Sect, Select
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Thought For the Day: In Any Free Society, the Conflict Between Social Conformity and Individual Liberty Is Permanent, Unresolvable, and Necessary
“In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.” – Kathleen Norris, novelist and columnist (27 Jul 1880-1966)
X Marks the Spot
X Marks the Spotby Michael DoyleSo now, here it is, and seemsThat in a community of dreamsX has come to mark the spotWhere the globe connects the dotsOf conversations that we fieldWhere no one really yieldsBut mingles outbursts of conversationThat … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Ambiguity, Artificial Wall, Authority, Boundary-Crushing, Bridge, Certain Cool, Churn, Clashing Views, Cognitive Dissonance, Commodity, Community, Compel, Connection, Conversations, Corporate Decisions, Creativity, Credibility, Curious, Cycle of Life and Death, Dare, Decision, Defy, Depedent, Derision, Desperation, Detail, Dreams, Dues, Economy, Elon, Extremes, Fascination, Find, Flair, Giddiness, Global Town Square, Globe, Grin, Happneing, Inspiration, Lash, Learn, Ledge, Legendary, Let Go, Memories, Mind, Opportunistic, Opportunity, Original Sin, Outbursts, Paypal, Perpetuity, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Point of Success, Rebranding, Rejuvenation, Resistance, Seams, Smallest Detail, Spot, Stomach Acid, Symbol, Symbology, Thrive, Understanding, Unfinished Business, Universal Imagination, Unlimited Interactivity, Vaporware, WeChat, X, Yield
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Thought of the Day: It Used To Be the Boast of Free Men That, So Long As They Kept Within the Bounds of the Known Law, There Was No Need To Ask Anybody’s Permission Or To Obey Anybody’s Orders
“It used to be the boast of free men that, so long as they kept within the bounds of the known law, there was no need to ask anybody’s permission or to obey anybody’s orders. It is doubtful whether any … Continue reading
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First Principles: In All Very Numerous Assemblies, of Whatever Character Composed, Passion Never Fails To Wrest the Scepter From Reason
“In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever character composed, passion never fails to wrest the scepter from reason.” – James Madison , Federalist No. 55 (February 15,1788)
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Thought For the Day: The Most Valuable Possession You Can Own is An Open Heart. The Most Powerful Weapon You Can Be Is An Instrument of Peace
“The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.” – Carlos Santana, musician (b. 20 Jul 1947)
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First Principles: Nothing Was More To Be Desired Than That Every Practicable Obstacle Should Be Opposed To Cabal, Intrigue, and Corruption
“Nothing was more to be desired than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption. These most deadly adversaries of republican government might naturally have been expected to make their approaches from more than one querter, … Continue reading
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