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Thought For the Day: I See Men Ordinarily More Eager To Discover A Reason For things Than To Find Out Whether Things Are So
“I see men ordinarily more eager to discover a reason for things than to find out whether things are so.” – French philosopher Michel De Montaigne (1532-1592)
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First Principles: We Are Apt To Shut Our Eyes Against A Painful Truth – and Listen To the Song of That Syren, Till She Transforms Us Into Beasts
“We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth — and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Science Never Selects A Single Narrative…We Foster Debate. And We’re Confident That With Debate, Science Will Eventually Get To the Truth
“Science never selects a single narrative. … We foster debate. And we’re confident that with debate, science will eventually get to the truth.” – Robert Redfield, M.D., former head of the CDC How many times have I said this and … Continue reading
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First Principles: Never Suppose That In Any Possible Situation, Or Under Any Circumstances, It Is Best For You To Do A Dishonorable Thing, However Slightly So It May Appear To You
“Never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing, however slightly so it may appear to you.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785)
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Thought For the Day: The Liberty of Man To Search For Truth Ought Not To Be Fettered, No Matter What Orthodoxies He May Challenge
“The history of civilization is in considerable measure the displacement of error which once held sway as official truth by beliefs which in turn have yielded to other truths. Therefore the liberty of man to search for truth ought not … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, Challenge, Civilization, Error, Felix Frankfurter, Fettered, History, Liberty, Mankind, Measure, Official Truth, Orthodoxies, Other Truths, Search, Thought For the Day, Truth, Yield
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First Principles: How Prone All Human Institutions Have Been To Decay;…Impelled As It Were By An Irresistable Fate of Despotism
“How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check and totally dissolve; how difficult it has been for mankind, in all ages and countries, to … Continue reading
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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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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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