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Thought For the Day: I See Too Plainly Custom Forms Us All. Our Thoughts, Our Morals, Our Most Fixed Belief, Are Consequences of Our Place of Birth

“I see too plainly custom forms us all. Our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed belief, are consequences of our place of birth.” – Aaron Hill, dramatist and writer (10 Feb 1685-1750)

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Thought For the Day: By Liberty, I Mean the Assurance That Every Man Shall Be Protected In Doing What He Believes His Duty Against the Influence of Authority and Majorities, Custom, and Opinion

“By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.” – Lord Acton (1834-1902)

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First Principles: The Crisis Is Arrived When We Must Assert Our Rights or Submit To Every Imposition That Can Be Heaped Upon Us, Until Custom and Use Shall Make Us As Tame and Abject Slaves

“The crisis is arrived when we must assert our rights, or submit to every imposition, that can be heaped upon us, till custom and use shall make us as tame and abject slaves.” – George Washington (1774)

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On This St Nicholas Day 2019

Happiest of St Nicholas’ Days 2019!  This is the day that I will forever and a day celebrate the beginning of the Christmas season.  Though honestly, I believe the world would be all the better if we kept Christmas in … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Much of What Forms Our Customs Is An Accident of Birth

“I see too plainly custom forms us all. Our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed belief, are consequences of our place of birth. “– Aaron Hill, dramatist and writer (10 Feb 1685-1750)    

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