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Thought For the Day: Don’t You See That the Whole Aim of Newspeak Is to Narrow the Range of Thought?
“Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.” – George Orwell
It Took My Savior To Atone
It Took My Savior To Atoneby Michael DoyleEveryone wants a familyTo be part of that possibilityAwakening to being found out lostHaving worked hard to pay the costRisen as I am, a new creationLiving the joy with fascinationI know I couldn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Atone, Awakening, Cost, Couldn't Do This On My Own, Dismiss, Embrace, Face, Family, Found, God, Grace, Joy, Lost, New Creation, One of His Own, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Risen, Sadness, Saved As I Am, Savior, Suspect Everyone, The Lord, Told, Took My Savior, Truth, Ways
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Thought For the Day: The Difference Between A Welfare State and A Totalitarian State Is A Matter of Time
“The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.”– -author and philosopher Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
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Tagged Ayn Rand, Difference, Matter, Thought For the Day, Time, Totalitarian State, Welfare State
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First Principles: A Wise and Frugal Government…Shall Restrain Men From Injuring One Another
“[A] wise and frugal government … shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has … Continue reading
First Principles: Men, To Act With Vigor and Effect, Must Have Time To Mature Measures…As To the Best Method of Applying Them
“Men, to act with vigor and effect, must have time to mature measures, and judgment and experience, as to the best method of applying them. They must not be hurried on to their conclusions by the passions, or the fears … Continue reading
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Tagged Apply, Best Method, Conclusions, Deliberate, Effect, Experience, Fears, First Principles, Joseph Story, Judgment, Mankind, Mature Measures, Multitude, Passions, Resolve, Time, Vigor
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Thought For the Day: Whereas Each Man Claims His Freedom As A Matter of Right, the Freedom He Accords To Other Men Is A Matter of Toleration
“Whereas each man claims his freedom as a matter of right, the freedom he accords to other men is a matter of toleration.” – Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)
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Tagged Accord, Claim, Freedom, Mankind, Matter, Matter of Right, Other Persons, Thought For the Day, Toleration, Walter Lippmann
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Thought For the Day: There Is Not Less Wit Nor Less Invention In Applying Rightly A Thought One Finds In A Book, Than In Being the First Author of That Thought
“There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.” -Pierre Bayle, philosopher and writer (1647-1706)
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Tagged Apply Rightly, Book, First Author, Nor Less Invention, Not Less Wit, Pierre Bayle, Thought, Thought For the Day, Virgil
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First Principles: Justice Is the End of Government. It Is the End of Civil Society.
“Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.” – James Madison
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Tagged Civil Society, End of Government, First Principles, James Madison, Justice, Liberty, Lost, Obtain, Pursue, Pursuit
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Thought For the Day: It Hurts My Soul To Hear the Terrible Names That People Call Donald. The Worst One Is ‘Racist’.
“It hurts my soul to hear the terrible names that people call Donald. The worst one is ‘racist.’ I take it as a personal insult that people would think I would have a 37-year friendship with a racist. People who … Continue reading
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Tagged Deep South, Donald Trump, Friendship, Growing Up, Hershel Walker, Hurt, People, Personal Insult, Racist, Soul, Terrible Names, Thought For the Day, Up Close
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