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Thought For the Day: Silence Will Save Me From Being Wrong (and Foolish), But It Will Also Deprive Me of the Possibility of Being Right
“Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.” – Igor Stravinsky, composer (17 Jun 1882-1971)
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Truth of Dust Roads Taken
Truth of Dust Roads Takenby Michael DoyleSome of the deepest truths are told in fictionEspecially those of times of historical frictionPushed into competition over narrowed resourcesInherent conflicts rise as nature takes its coursesSome conflicts come with visible tags of shameWhere … Continue reading
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First Principles: It Is Very Imprudent To Deprive America of Any of Her Privileges
“It is very imprudent to deprive America of any of her privileges. If her commerce and friendship are of any importance to you, they are to be had on no other terms than leaving her in the full enjoyment of … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Benjamin Franklin, Commerce, Deprive, First Principles, Friendhship, Fully Enjoyment, Importance, Imprudent, Privileges, Rights, Terms
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First Principles: The Bill of Rights Establishes Some Rights of the Individual As Unalienable and Which Consequently, No Majority Has A Right To Deprive Them Of
“[The Bill of Rights] establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of.” – Albert Gallatin (1789)
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First Principles: It Is Very Imprudent To Deprive America of Any of Her Privileges
“It is very imprudent to deprive America of any of her privileges. If her commerce and friendship are of any importance to you, they are to be had on no other terms than leaving her in the full enjoyment of … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Benjamin Franklin, Commerce, Deprive, First Principles, Friendship, Full Enjoyment, Importance, Imprudent, No Other Terms, Privileges, Rights
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Thought For the Day: It Will Be Found An Unjust and Unwise Jealousy To Deprive A Man of His Natural Liberty Upon the Supposition He May Abuse It
“It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.” – Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
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Tagged Abuse, Deprive, Found, Man, Natural Liberty, Oliver Cromwell, Supposition, Thought For the Day, Unjust, Unwise
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Guarding Against Faction
Today’s poem about American history speaks on some basic principles as set out in largely in Federalist Paper Number 10 in which we choose to become a republic and not a democracy to protection of nation from the encroachment of … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: On Each Part of the Human Race Is Laid the Duty To Keep Alight Its Own Lamp of Mind As Its Part In the Illumination of the World
“On each race is laid the duty to keep alight its own lamp of mind as its part in the illumination of the world. To break the lamp of any people is to deprive it of its rightful place in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alight, Break, Deprive, Duty, Each Race, Illumination, Lamp, Mind, People, Place, Rabindranath Tagore, Rightful, Thought For the Day, World, World Festival
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First Principles: All Mankind Is By Nature Free and Independent Having Inherent Rights of Which They Cannot By Any Compact Be Deprived
“There are certain maxims by which every wise and enlightened people will regulate their conduct. There are certain political maxims, which no free people out ever to abandon. Maxims of which the observance is essential to the security of happiness. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill of Rights, Compact, Conduct, Deprive, Edmund Randolph, First Principles, Free, Freedom, Happiness, Heaven, Independent, Inherent, Liberty, Maxim, Nation, Patrick Henry, Postertty, Regulate, Rights, Secure, Society, Wise
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