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First Principles: I Know No Safe Depository of the Ultimate Power of the Society But the People Themselves
“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Jokes of the Proper Kind, Properly Told, Can Do More To Enlighten Questions of Politics, Philosophy, and Literature Than Any Number of Dull Arguments
“Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.” – Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (1920-1992)
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Tagged Dull Arguments, Enlighten, Isaac Asimov, Jokes, Literature, Number, Philosophy, Politics, Proper Kind, Properly Told, Questions, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: In Proportion As the Structure of A Government Gives Force To Public Opinion, It Is Essential That Public Opinion Should Be Enlightened
“In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.” – George Washington (1796)
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Tagged Enlighten, Essential, First Principles, Force, George Washington, Government, Proportion, Public Opinion, Structure
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First Principles: Enlighten the People, Generally, and Tyranny and Oppressions of the Body and Mind Will Vanish Like Spirits At the Dawn of Day
“Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)
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Tagged Body and Mind, Dawn, Day, Enlighten, First Principles, Oppressions, Spirits, The People, Thomas Jefferson, Tyranny
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For Bill of Rights Day
For Bill of Rights Dayby Michael DoyleTo embark on teaching history of the pastEngages us with the things that lastThe best way of doing this of courseIs to teach things right from the sourceBefore going further, let me just sayHappy … Continue reading
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Tagged Assert, Assertion, Beacon, Bill of Rights Day, Candid, Civic, Civic Virtue, Civil, Dark Night, Debate, Design, Education, Engage, Enlighten, Faith and Family, Fundamental, Great Nation, History, Ignorance, Join Together, Last, Lessons, Liberty, Light, Limited Government, Marvel, Mystery, Participation, Photograph, Pillars, Poetry and Poems, Policy, Polite, Public Square, Reason, Rule of Law, Say and Do, Source, Stand, Teach, Treason, Truth and Light, Tyranny, Viewpoints, World
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First Principles: I Know No Safe Depository of the Ultimate Power of the Society But the People Themselves
“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from … Continue reading
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Tagged Control, Discretion, Enlighten, Eucation, Exercise, First Principles, Inform, Remedy, Safe Depository, Society, Take It, The People, Thomas Jefferson, Ultimate Powers, Wholesome
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First Principles: The Safe Depository of the Ultimate Powers of American Society Is the People Themselves
“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Constitutional Power, Control, Corrective, Depository, Discretion, Education, Enlighten, Exercise, First Principles, Inform, Powers, Remedy, Safe, Society, The People, Thomas Jefferson, True
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A Ninja’s Ways
Rumor has it that a burger place is behind December 5th being named International Ninja Day! I think the odds are this is true. But it doesn’t change a thing about how I’m choosing to see it. 🙂 A Ninja’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention, Battle, Being, Bond, Calm, Carry, Center, Day, December 5th, Deep, Deference, Endure, Enemy, Enlighten, Escape, Essence, Fight, Higher Truth, Impure, International Ninja Day, Key, Late, Life, Meaning, Motion, Ninja, Ninpo, Nothing, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prevail, Right Intention, Rumor, Significance, Soul, Spiritual, Stealth, Thoughtful, True, Way, Won, Word
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