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First Principles: Only Aim To Do Your Duty And Mankind Will Give You Credit Where You Fail
“It behooves you, therefore, to think and act for yourself and your people. The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors. The whole art of government … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Art Is To Represent Not Outward Appearance, but, Inward Significance
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle
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First Principles: Constitutions For Free Persons Should Aim At Common Advantage of the Community
“Constitutions which aim at the common advantage are correct and just without qualification, whereas those which aim only at the advantage of the rulers are deviant and unjust, because they involve despotic rule, which is inappropriate for a community of … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Aim At Heaven and Earth Will Be Thrown In
“Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.” – C. S. Lewis
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First Principles: The Aim of Every Constitution Should Be To Obtain Governance By the Wise and Virtuous
“The aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society.” – James Madison (1788) … Continue reading
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