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The Squishy Sound of Democracy
The suppression of free speech is a leading indicator of fascism not freedom and certainly not the small r republican values our Founding Fathers advocated in their classical liberalism. I for one refuse to bend to tyranny from any camp… … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Threat To Today Is the Climate of Dishonesty
“The greatest threat to American democracy isn’t communism, jihadism or any other external force or foreign power. It’s our own willingness to tolerate dishonesty in service of party, and in pursuit of power.” – Michael Bloomberg While I disagree with … Continue reading
First Principles: Without Free Thought There Cannot Be Free Speech, Public Liberty Or Wisdom
“Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.” – Benjamin Franklin (1722)
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, First Principles, Free Government, Free Speech, Free Thought, Freedom, Pillar, Public Liberty, Tyranny, Wisdom
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First Principles: Speak Seldom, On Point and With Expertise
“Speak seldom, but to important subjects, except such as particularly relate to your constituents, and, in the former case, make yourself perfectly master of the subject.” —George Washington (1787)
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Tagged Expertise, First Principles, Free Speech, George Washington, Public Policy, Speech, Subject
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Thought For the Day: The Right To State the Unpopular Is the Essence of Liberty
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” – George Orwell, writer (1903-1950)
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Black
Never will I forget that black day of darkest infamy When horror stepped out of the pages of surreality Startling it way across this workaday world of you and me And killing others over a cartoon became our reality Certainly, … Continue reading
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Tagged Black, Cartoon, Daily Prompt, Free Speech, Free Thought, Hierography, Infamy, Paris, Profane, Tolerance, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Restriction of Free Speech and Thought Is Dangerous Subversion
“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.” – Justice William O. Douglas, The One Un-American Act, Speech to the Author’s Guild Council … Continue reading
First Principles: Limiting Information In A Republic Leads To Ignorance and Failed Government
“A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, … Continue reading
First Principles: The Right To Peacefully Dissent Is Fundamental To America
“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like … Continue reading
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Tagged Dissent, First Amendment, First Principles, Free Speech, Government, Natural Law, Opinions, Resistance, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: It Is Paramount To Distinguish Political and Social Opposition
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred … Continue reading
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Tagged Criticism, Distinguish, First Prinicples, Free Market of Ideas, Free Speech, Free Thought, Government, Hate, Liberality, Overcoming, Pain, Personality, Positions
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