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First Principles: I Am Not Influenced By The Expectation of Promotion or Pecuniary Reward. I Wish To Be Useful, and Every Kind of Service Necessary For the Public Good, Becomes Honorable By Being Necessary
“I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, becomes honorable by being necessary. If the exigencies of my country demand a … Continue reading
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Tagged First Principles, Service, Honor, Useful, Influence, Necessary, Public Good, Expectation, Nathan Hale, Reward
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First Principles: It’s Not What We Profess, But What We Practice That Gives Us Integrity
“It’s not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.” – Francis Bacon
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First Principles: We Are Too Much Engrossed By the Story of the Present To Think of the Character and Anecdotes That Gave Interest To the Past
“How idle a boast, after all, is the immortality of a name! Time is ever silently turning over his pages; we are too much engrossed by the story of the present to think of the character and anecdotes that gave … Continue reading
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Tagged Age, Anecdotes, Boast, Character, First Principles, Forgotten, Immortllty, Interest, Name, Pages, Past, Present, Story, Time, Volume, Washington Irving
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First Principles: Bad Men Cannot Make Good Citizens. It Is When A People Forget God That Tyrants Forge Their Chains
“Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can … Continue reading
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First Principles: A People Who Mean To Be Free Must Be Prepared To Meet Danger In Person, and Not Rely Upon the Fallacious Protection of Armies
“A people who mean to be free must be prepared to meet danger in person, and not rely upon the fallacious protection of armies” – Edmund Randolph
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First Principles: Liberty Consists In the Freedom To Do Everything Which Injures No One Else
Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of … Continue reading
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Tagged Exercise, First Principles, Frreedom, Injure, Libertty, Limitt, Marquis de Lafayette, Mutual Rights, No One Else
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First Principles: Her Children Rise Up and Call Her Blessed; Her Husband Also, and He Praises Her: ‘Many Women Have Done Excellently, But You Surpass Them All
“Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.“– Proverbs 31:28-29 Happiest of Mother’s Days!!
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Tagged Blessed, Children, Excellence, First Principles, Husband, Praise, Proverbs 31:28-29, Rise Uo, Surpass, Women
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First Principle: In Every Human Beast, God Has Implanted A Principle, Which We Call Love of Freedom; It Is Impatient of Oppression, and Pants For Deliverance
“In every human Beast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance.” – Phillis Wheatley
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Tagged Deliverance, First Principles, Human Beast, Impatience, Implantation, Love of Freedom, Oppressio, Phillis Wheatley, Princple
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First Principles: Learning Is Not Attained By Chance, It Must Be Sought For With Ardor and Diligence
“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.” – Abigail Adams
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