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Thought For the Day: Ultimately, It Is the Responsibility of Individuals To Pull Themselves Up By Their Own Bootstraps, Make Responsible Financial Decisions, Pursue Eduction…and Fight To Break the Cycle of Poverty
“Ultimately, it is the responsibility of individuals to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps, make responsible financial decisions, pursue education … and fight to break the cycle of poverty. Many poor remain poor because they do not know how … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Apple Pie, Better Life, Better Opportunities, Bootstraps, Break, Children, Cycle of Poverty, Education, Emmy Griffin, Example, Financial Decisions, Hard Work, Individuals, Money, Perserverance, Poor, Poverty Line, Realize, Responsibility, Responsible, Successful Immigrant Story, Tenor, Thought For the Day, Ultimate
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First Principles: The Name of American, Which Belongs To You, In Your National Capacity, Must Always Exalt the Just Pride of Patriotism
“Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any … Continue reading
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Tagged Affection, American, Appellation, Birth, Choice, Citizens, First Principles, George Washington, National Capacity, Patriotism
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First Principles: It Should Be the Highest Ambition of Every American To Extend His Views Beyond Himself
“It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity; but that its influence may be … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Co-Extensive, Conduct, Country, Extend, First Principles, George Washington, Highest Ambition, Influence, Mind, Posterity, Views, World
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Thought For the Day: The Short Memories of the American Voters Is What Keeps Our Politicians In Office
“The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.” – Will Rogers (1879-1935)
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Tagged American, Keeps, Office, Politicians, Short Memories, Thought For the Day, Voters, Will Rogers
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First Principles: It Should Be the Highest Ambition of Every American To Extend His Views Beyond Himself
“It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity; but that its influence may be … Continue reading
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Tagged Ages, American, Beyond, Co-Extensive, Conduct, First Principles, George Washington, Highest Ambition, Influence, Misery, National Capacity, Patriotism, Political Happiness, Unborn, Views, World
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First Principles: Before A Standing Army Can Rule, the People Must Be Disarmed; As They Are In Almost Every Kingdom of Europe
“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe.” – Noah Webster (1787) When someone tells you that the right to bear arms exists for target practice and hunting, … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Armed, Disarmed, Europe, First Principles, Force, Kingdom, Noah Webster, Rule, Standing Army, Supreme Power, Sword, The People, Unjust Laws, Whole Body
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Holding On to Legacy
Holding On to Legacyby Michael DoyleThere are some things to be saidThat keep rolling around in my headOne of which must be said preciseThat extremism in defense of liberty is no viceModeration in pursuit of justice is not a virtueNor … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Ancestral Institutions, Birth, Construe, Decide, Declaration, Defense of Liberty, Extremism, Face of Destruction, Freedom, Guard Against, Head, Hold On, Holding On, Legacy, Leveling, Moderation, Modernity, Nation, Negate This Past, No Vice, Oblivious, Obvious, Poetry and Poems, Precise, Pursuit of Justice, Realize, Relevance, Rolling Around, Seeds, Shirk Off, Strong, Te Deum, The Constitution, Things To Be Said, Virtue
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Thought For the Day: A Truly American Sentiment Recognizes the Dignity of Labor and the Fact That Honor Lies In Honest Toil
“A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.” – Grover Cleveland (1837-1908)
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