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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
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
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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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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Thought For the Day: This Nation Was Conceived In Liberty and Dedicated To the Principle…That Honest Men May Honestly Disagree
“This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle — among others — that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all say what they think, a majority of the people will be able to distinguish truth … Continue reading
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First Principles: The Most Perfect Freedom Consists In Obeying the Dictates of Right Reason, and Submitting To Natural Law
“The most perfect freedom consists in obeying the dictates of right reason, and submitting to natural law. When a man goes beyond or contrary to the law of nature and reason, he becomes the slave of base passions and vile … Continue reading
