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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 Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms, Endure, First Principles, Gallant Ancestors, Guilt, Hereditary Bondage, Honor, Humanity, Infamy, Justice, Posterity, Resign, Succeeding Generations, Surrender, Thomas Jefferson, Wrethedness
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Thought For the Day: If You Want To Build A Ship, Don’t Drum Up People Together To Collect Wood…Teach Them To Long For the Endless Immensity of the Sea
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author … Continue reading
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Tagged Anotine de Saint-Exupery, Build, Collect, Drum Up, Endless Immensity, Long, People, Ship, Tasks, Teach, The Sea, Thought For the Day, Wood, Work
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Daring To Live Different
Daring to Live Differentby Michael DoyleAs we learn to accept who we areWe set our eyes on the mother starIt’s the urge to get back homeTo the family, no longer aloneThe heart breaks on the shoreBut still we dare to … Continue reading
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Tagged Accept, Alone, Bonds, Brave Souls, Create, Dare, Defile, Different, Eyes, False Gods, Family, Home, Imitate, Learn, Life Happens, Live, Mother Star, Motivation, Outcast, Past, Poetry and Poems, Search, Shape and Mold, Shore, Style, Traditions, Urge, Wait
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First Principles: Energy In the Executive Is A Leading Character In the Definition of Good Government
“Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the community against foreign attacks; it is not less essential to the steady administration of the laws; to the … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: What Wisdom Can You Find That Is Greater Than Kindness?
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?” -Jean Jacques Rousseau, philosopher and author (28 Jun 1712-1778)
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Tagged Find, Greater, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Kindness, Thought For the Day, Wisdom
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First Principles: True Law Is Right Reason In Agreement With Nature; It Is Of Universal Application
“True law is right reason in agreement with Nature; it is of universal application. Unchanging and everlasting; it summons to duty by its commands and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Tagged Agreement, Averts, Commands, Duty, Everlasting, First Principles, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Nature, Prohibitions, Right Reason, True Law, Unchanging, Wrongdoing
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Thought For the Day: It Doesn’t Matter What You Look Like…What Does Matter Is the Size of Your Heart and the Strength of Your Character
“The lesson I want you to learn is it doesn’t matter what you look like. You can be tall or short or fat or thin or ugly or handsome, like your father, or you can be black or yellow or … Continue reading
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Tagged Black, Fat, Father, Fred Gwynne, Handsome, Learn, Lesson, Look Like, Matter, Short, Size of Your Heart, Strength of Your Character, Tall, The Munsters, Thin, Thought For the Day, Ugly, White, Yellow
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Home For the Win
Home For the Winby Michael DoyleThe most important place to winIs in our home; every now and thenTo be the parents that we wish to beLiving in every thoughtful possibilityIt’s not about being perfect but presentTo declare the truth wisely … Continue reading
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Tagged Apology, Authority, Battle, Blessings Spoken, Children, Effective, Encourage, Eternal, Explanation, Focus, Foundation, Gift, Grace, Heart Breaks, Heaven Sent, Holy Path, Home, Infernal, Jesus Walk, Knees, Living Health, Love, Mistakes, Parents, Perfect, Poetry and Poems, Present, Righteous, Softening Hearts, Speak Life, Talk, Thoughtful, Truth, Win, Words
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Thought For the Day: Authority Has Every Reason To Fear the Skeptic, For Authority Can Rarely Survive In the Face of Doubt
“Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.” – Robert Lindner (1914-1956)
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Tagged Authority, Doubt, Face, Fear, Reason, Robert Lindner, Skeptic, Survive, Thought For the Day
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