“The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787)
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First Principles: A Nation, Despicable By Its Weakness, Forfeits Even the Privilege of Being Neutral
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Thought For the Day: Just As Appetite Comes By Eating So Work Brings Inspiration
“Just as appetite comes by eating so work brings inspiration.” -Igor Stravinsky, composer (17 Jun 1882-1971)
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First Principles: When We Are Planning For Posterity, We Ought To Remember That Virtue Is Not Hereditary
“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” – Thomas Paine (1776)
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Thought For the Day: America, My Friends, Is the Only Country In the World Actually Founded On Liberty…People Went To America To Be Free
“America, my friends, is the only country in the world actually founded on liberty — the only one. People went to America to be free.” – Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013)
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First Principles: Nothing Is More Certain Than That A General Profligacy and Corruption of Manners Make A People Ripe For Destruction
“Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good form of government may hold the rotten materials together for some time, but beyond a certain pitch, even the best constitution will be ineffectual, and slavery must ensue.” – John Witherspoon (1776)
Clearly there are some universal truths known by the wise of every generation and meriting our consideration. A people who have separated themselves from morality soon find the corrupted leadership rises to the top instead of sinking to the bottom. A point that all should deeply think on.
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Thought For the Day: Keep Close To Nature’s Heart…Wash Your Spirit Clean
“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” – John Muir
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First Principles: Man, Once Surrendering His Reason, Has No Remaining Guard Against Absurdities
“Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. With such persons, gullibility, which they call faith, takes the helm from the hand of reason and the mind becomes a wreck.” – Thomas Jefferson (1822)
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Thought For the Day: A ‘Border Czar’ Who Refuses To Go To the Border Is A Metaphor For the Biden Administration Approach To Pretty Much Every Policy Challenge
“A ‘border czar’ who refuses to go to the border is a metaphor for the Biden administration approach to pretty much every policy challenge.” – Buck Sexton
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First Principles: Born In Other Countries, Yet Believing You Could Be Happy In This, Our Laws Acknowledge, As They Should Do, Your Right To Join Us In Society, Conforming…To Our Established Rules
“Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in society, conforming, as I doubt not you will do, to our established rules.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
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Thought For the Day: America Would Be Better Off As A Country and Americans Happier and More Prosperous As A People If Half of Our Government Boards, Bureaus and Commissions Were Abolished
“America would be better off as a country and Americans happier and more prosperous as a people if half of our government boards, bureaus, and commissions were Abolished, hundreds of thousands of our government officials, agents and employees were discharged, and two-thirds of our government regulations, restrictions, inhibitions were removed.” – Albert J. Beveridge (1862-1927)
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