Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: The Story of Mankind Shows That War Was Universal and Unceasing For Millions of Years Before Armaments Were Invented or Armies Organized

Posted on June 22, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“This truth may be unfashionable, unpalatable, no doubt unpopular, but, if it is the truth, the story of mankind shows that war was universal and unceasing for millions of years before armaments were invented or armies organized. Indeed, the lucid … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Second Amendment Was Given To Us As Protection Against Tyranny By the Federal Government and the Congress of the United States

Posted on June 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Recent school shootings have lured ill-informed Americans into a war on our Second Amendment guarantees, led by the nation’s tyrants and their useful idiots. … The Second Amendment was given to us as protection against tyranny by the federal government … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Only Good Bureaucrat Is One With A Pistol At His Head. Put It In His Hand and It’s Good-Bye To the Bill of Rights

Posted on June 19, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it’s good-bye to the Bill of Rights.” – H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)

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Thought For the Day: There’s No Question That In Some Big Ways, This Administration – Including the President and Some of His Closest Economic Advisors – Got Inflation Wrong

Posted on June 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“There’s no question that in some big ways, this administration — including the president and some of his closest economic advisors — got inflation wrong.” – CNN White House Correspondent MJ Lee

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Thought For the Day: The Time Will Come When People Will Not Put Up With Sound Doctrine

Posted on June 17, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: I Learned Long Ago That Being Lewis Carroll Was Infinitely More Exciting Than Being Alice

Posted on June 16, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“I learned long ago that being Lewis Carroll was infinitely more exciting than being Alice.” – Joyce Carol Oates, writer (b. 16 Jun 1938)

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Thought For the Day: To A Father Growing Old, Nothing Is Dearer Than A Daughter

Posted on June 15, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter.” -Euripides, playwright (c. 480-406 BCE)

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Thought For the Day: Everyone Confesses That Exertion Which Brings Out All the Powers of Body and Mind Is the Best Thing For US

Posted on June 14, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Intellect of Man Is Forced To Choose, Perfection of the Life, Or of the Work

Posted on June 13, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The intellect of man is forced to choose / Perfection of the life, or of the work, / And if it take the second must refuse / A heavenly mansion, raging in the dark.” -William Butler Yeats, writer, Nobel laureate … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: You Say That Freedom of Utterance Is Not For Time of Stress, and I Reply With the Sad Truth That Only In Time of Stress Is Freedom of Utterance In Danger

Posted on June 12, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“You say that freedom of utterance is not for time of stress, and I reply with the sad truth that only in time of stress is freedom of utterance in danger… Only when free utterance is suppressed is it needed, … Continue reading →

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