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First Principles: My Rule Is … To Go Straight Forward In Doing What Appears To Me Right At the Time, Leaving the Consequences With Providence
“My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest; but to go straight forward in doing what appears to me right at the time, leaving the consequences … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Whenever We Take Away the Liberties of Those Whom We Hate, We Are Opening the Way To Loss of Liberty For Those We Love
“Whenever we take away the liberties of those whom we hate, we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.” – Wendell L. Willkie (1892-1944)
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Tagged Expression, Freeze, Hate, Liberties, Loss of Liberty, Love, Minority Thinking, Open, Prevent, Progress, Society, Suppress, Take Away, Thought For the Day, Wendell L Wilkie
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First Principles: There Is But One Straight Course and That Is To Seek Truth and Pursue It Steadily
“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” -George Washington (1795)
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Tagged First Prnciples, George Washington, One, Pursue, Seek Truth, Steadily, Straight Course
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Thought For the Day: The Beauty of Trees, the Softness of the Air, the Fragrance of the Grass, They Speak To Me
“The beauty of the trees, the softness of the air, the fragrance of the grass, they speak to me. The summit of the mountain, the thunder of the sky, the rhythm of the sea, speaks to me. The faintness of … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Beauty, Chief Dan George, Dewdrop, Faintness, Fire, Flower, Fragrance, Freshness, Grass, Heart, Life, Me, Morning, Mountain, Never Goes Away, Rhythm, Salmon, Sea, Sky, Soars, Softness, Speak, Stars, Strength, Summit, Sun, Taste, Thought For the Day, Thunder, Trail, Trees
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First Principles: Falsehood of the Tongue Leads To That of the Heart and In Time Depraves All Its Good Disposition
“It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Contempt, Deprave, Falsehood, First Principles, Good Disposition, Habitual, Heart, Lies, Never, Resolve, Thomas Jefferson, Time, Tongue, Truth, Untruth, Vice
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Indiana Back Hills
I am not sure really how Google’s mapping GPS works. It usually gives me the most direct and quickest route to my destination. On my way home last night, I received directions that could not have possibly have been the … Continue reading
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Tagged All Too Near, Angel, Ask, Back Hills, Back Road, Being Alone, Belong, Blind, Bones, Burning Down, Capture, Catch, Close, Cool Breeze, Cross, Direct Route, Endless, Except, Explore, Fall, Feel, Fill, Find, Four Wheels, Good Kind of Tired, Google, GPS, Gratitude, Grow, Growth, Headlights, Here, Hold Me, Indiana, Last Light, Lonesome, Long, Loose, Map, Mask, Me, Meander, Memory, Mile, Moment, Moon, Need, Night, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Probably, Raccoon, Rain, Read, Rearview, Rise, Road, Roll, Secrets, Seem, Shadows, Signs, Slow Down, Smile, Somewhere, Sun's Eyes, Sunrise, Surround, Takes Me There, Tears, Thought, To Do, Today, Tomorrow, Too Busy Looking, Track, Trees, Twilight, Two Angels, Unexpected, Unfold, Unseen, View, Whisper, Wish, Without You
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Thought For the Day: Many Successful Political Careers Have Been Built On Given Blacks ‘Favors’ That Look Good On the Surface But Do Lasting Damage In the Long Run
“Many successful political careers have been built on giving blacks ‘favors’ that look good on the surface but do lasting damage in the long run. One of these ‘favors’ was the welfare state. A vastly expanded welfare state in the … Continue reading
First Principles: The Foundation of National Morality Must Be Laid In Private Families
“The foundation of national morality must be laid in private families. … In vain are schools, academies, and universities instituted, if loose principles and licentious habits are impressed upon children in their earliest years.” – John Adams (1778) … Continue reading
