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Thought For the Day: Those Who Deny Freedom To Others, Deserve It Not For Themselves
“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.”– Abraham Lincoln
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First Principles: The Right of Freely Examining Public Characters and Measures…Has Ever Been Justly Deemed the Only Effectual Guardian of Every Other Right
“The right of freely examining public characters and measures … has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right.” – James Madison (1798)
Thought For the Day: Welfare’s Purpose Should Be To Eliminate, As Far As Possible, the Need For Its Own Existence
“Welfare’s purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.” – Ronald Reagan
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Perspective Revisited
Perspective Revisited by Michael Doyle Float to the top Or sink to the bottom The rest is just churn This is a lesson in life One that is usually earned It’s our decision in how we learn Everyone dreams, big … Continue reading
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Tagged Bottom, Change, Churn, Cloud, Concern, Decision, Done, Dream, Earned, Float, Focus, Foot, Hide, Learn, Lesson, Life, Other's Hero, Poetry and Poems, Prespective, Pretend, Reflect, Rest, Revisited, Save, Secrets, Sink, Top of the Mountain, Top of the World, Zero
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First Principles: I Offer Nothing More Than Simple Facts, Plain Arguments, and Common Sense
“I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense.” Thomas Paine, in Common Sense
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Thought For the Day: A Change In Perspective Is Worth 80 IQ Points
“A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points.” – Alan Kay, computer scientist (b. 17 May 1940)
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Thought For the Day: If We Had No Winter, the Spring Would Not Be So Pleasant. If We Did Not Sometimes Taste of Adversity, Prosperity Would Not Be So Welcome
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” – Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
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First Principles: Were We Directed From Washington When To Sow and When To Reap, We Should Soon Want Bread
“Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.” – Thomas Jefferson (1821)
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Thought For the Day: Beware Lest You Lose the Substance By Grasping At the Shadow
“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.” – Aesop (c. 550 B.C.)
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First Principles: The Accumulation of All Powers, Legislative, Executive and Judiciary, In the Same Hands…May Justly Be Pronounced the Very Definition of Tyranny
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” – James Madison (1788)
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