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First Principles: There Are Only Two Cases In Which War Is Just: First, In Order To Resist the Aggression of An Enemy, and Second, In Order To Help An Ally Who Has Been Attacked
“There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.”– Montesquieu
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The New Intolerance
The New Intoleranceby Michael DoyleCritical race theoryHas a death grip on America’s legacyTurning politics into identityAnd causing division to loom in our historyBig Tech pushes its aggressionMarking each day with a new transgressionNeutering language to shape theoryThat offers nothing good … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: It Is Not the Business of Government To Make Men Virtuous Or Religious, Or to Preserve the Fool From the Consequences of His Own Folly
“It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly. Government should be repressive no further than is necessary to secure liberty by protecting the … Continue reading
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First Principles: When War Is Required, We Must Meet Our Duty To Convince the World That We are Just Friends and Brave Enemies
“Whensoever hostile aggressions…require a resort to war, we must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies.” – Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Andrew Jackson (December 3, 1806) It’s been going on for quite some … Continue reading
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First Principles: Be Just Friends and Brave Enemies
“I am ever unwilling that [peace] should be disturbed as long as the rights and interests of the nations can be preserved. But whensoever hostile aggressions require a resort to war, we must meet our duty and convince the world … Continue reading
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