Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: In the United States There Is No Phenomenon More Threatening To Popular Government Than the Unwillingness of Newspapers To Give the Facts To Their Readers

Posted on September 3, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“In the United States there is no phenomenon more threatening to popular government than the unwillingness of newspapers to give the facts to their readers.” – Nelson Antrim Crawford (1888-1963)

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Thought For the Day: Only the Small Secrets Need to Be Protected. The Big Ones Are Kept Secret by Public Incredulity

Posted on September 2, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Only the small secrets need to be protected. The big ones are kept secret by public incredulity.” – Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980)

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Thought For the Day: The Real Rulers In Washington Are Invisible and Exercise Power From Behind the Scenes

Posted on September 1, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The real rulers in Washington are invisible and exercise power from behind the scenes.” – Justice Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965)

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Thought For the Day: An Ounce of Mother Is Worth A Pound of Clergy

Posted on August 31, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.” – Spanish proverb

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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?

Posted on August 30, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“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

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Thought For the Day: The Difference Between A Welfare State and A Totalitarian State Is A Matter of Time

Posted on August 29, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“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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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

Posted on August 28, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“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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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

Posted on August 27, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“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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Thought For the Day: It Hurts My Soul To Hear the Terrible Names That People Call Donald. The Worst One Is ‘Racist’.

Posted on August 26, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“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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Thought For the Day: A Certain Amount of Opposition Is A Great Help To A Man. Kites Rise Against, Not With, the Wind

Posted on August 25, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.” – John Neal, author and critic (25 Aug 1793-1876)

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