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Look At What The Shrewd Have Done

Look At What the Shrewd Have Doneby Michael DoyleOh, look with sadness on what the shrewd have done.Didn’t Jesus warn all to never hurt even a single one?Say the words of innocence that we’ve come to despise.Those on Epstein’s Island … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: I Don’t Know Any Other Way To Live But To Wake Every Day Armed With My Convictions, Not Yielding Them To the Threat of Danger

“I don’t know any other way to live but to wake up everyday armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger and to the power and force of people who might despise me.” – Wole Soyinka

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Thought For the Day: If We Don’t Believe In Free Expression For People We Despise, We Don’t Believe In It At All

“If we don’t believe in free expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” – Noam Chomsky

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First Principles: No One Can Serve Two Masters. Either You Will Hate the One and Love the Other, Or You’ll Be Devoted To the One and Despise the Other. You Cannot Serve Both God and Money

“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.’ – Matthew 6:24 (NIV)

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Thought For the Day: If We Don’t Believe In Freedom of Expression For People We Despise, We Don’t Believe In It At All

“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” – Noam Chomsky, linguistics professor and political activist (b. 7 Dec 1928)

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First Principles: It Is A Just Observation That the People Commonly Intend the Public Good. This Often Applies To Their Very Errors.

“It is a just observation that the people commonly intend the Public Good. This often applies to their very errors. But their good sense would despise the adulator who should pretend they always reason right about the means of promoting … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Attempt To Force Human Beings To Despise Themselves Is What I Call Hell

“The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.” –  Andre Malraux

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Thought For the Day: Contempt Is the Weapon of the Weak and A Defense Against One’s Own Despised and Unwanted Feelings

“Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one’s own despised and unwanted feelings.” – Alice Miller, psychologist and author (1923-2010)

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Thought For the Day: If We Don’t Believe In Freedom of Expression For People We Despise, We Don’t Believe In It At All

“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” -Noam Chomsky, linguistics professor and political activist (b. 7 Dec 1928)

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Thought For the Day: Among Other Causes of Misfortune Which Your Not Being Armed Brings Upon You, It Makes You Despised

“Among other causes of misfortune which your not being armed brings upon you, it makes you despised.” – Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)

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