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First Principles: Guard With Jealous Attention the Public Liberty. Suspect Everyone Who Approaches That Jewel

Posted on January 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.” — Patrick Henry (1788)

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Thought For the Day: Everyone Discusses My Art and Pretends To Understand, As If It Were Necessary To Understand, When It Is Simply Necessary To Love

Posted on November 13, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.” -Claude Monet, painter (1840-1926)

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Thought For the Day: Everyone Confesses That Exertion Which Brings Out All the Powers of Body and Mind Is the Best Thing For US

Posted on June 14, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much … Continue reading →

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The Rights of Even the Wrong

Posted on May 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The Rights of Even the Wrongby Michael DoyleIt doesn’t matter if right or wrongAll ideas politely put do belongIn the public market for all to hearThis is the way of liberty and not of fearSpeak up for the sake of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Schools Are Quick To Blame Everyone and Everything But Themselves For the Failures of American Education. To Them, Every Bad Teacher Is the Exception and Every Bad Parent the Rule

Posted on April 12, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Schools are quick to blame everyone and everything but themselves for the failures of American education. To them, every bad teacher is the exception and every bad parent is the rule.” – Thomas Sowell

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Sowell

Posted on February 24, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Sowellby Michael DoyleConstrainedOr unconstrainedThe views of mankindAre a spectrumIn which we findTwo pathsOf social theoryKnowledge of the decisionsThat make up an economyFactored in their controversyThe question Needed to be answeredIs what truly helps anyone?What makes for improvementImproves the world for … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Everyone Discusses My Art and Pretends To Understand, As If It Were Necessary To Understand, When It Is Simply Necessary To Love

Posted on February 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.” – Claude Monet, painter (14 Nov 1840-1926)

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The Geometry of Divine Form

Posted on January 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The Geometry of Divine Formby Michael DoyleEveryone it seems makes their mistakesBut is is the what we do with the heartbreaksThat makes all of the most meaningful differenceA life well lived holds this with reverenceSuch is the same even of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Everyone Discusses My Art and Pretends To Understand, As If It Were Necessary To Understand , When It Is Simply Necessary To Love

Posted on November 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.” – Claude Monet, painter (14 Nov 1840-1926)

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First Principles: Guard With Jealous Attention the Public Liberty

Posted on September 10, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.” – Patrick Henry (1788)

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