Tag Archives: Freedom

Thought For the Day: At Least One Way of Measuring the Freedom of Any Society Is the Amount of Comedy That Is Permitted

Posted on March 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The True Meaning of America, you ask?…Freedom Is What America Means To the World. And To Me.

Posted on January 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The true meaning of America, you ask? It’s in a Texas rodeo, in a policeman’s badge, in the sound of laughing children, in a political rally, in a newspaper… In all these things, and many more, you’ll find America. In … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: We Didn’t Love Freedom Enough. And Even More – We Had No Awareness of the Real Situation…We Purely and Simply Deserved Everything That Happened Afterward

Posted on January 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“We didn’t love freedom enough. And even more — we had no awareness of the real situation… We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.” – Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)

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Thought For the Day: Many Problems That Our Nation Faces Begin With the Absence of Awe For the Miracle of Life

Posted on January 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“In 2020, 39.2% of abortions were on Black women, who represent just 14% of the childbearing population. The data also shows that 86% of abortions are done on unmarried women, which points to the critical link between this destructive behavior … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Ideas Are Indeed the Most Dangerous Weapons In the World

Posted on December 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Ideas are indeed the most dangerous weapons in the world. Our ideas of freedom are the most powerful political weapons man has ever forged.” – Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas (1898-1980)

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Thought For the Day: Those Who Profess To Favor Freedom and Yet Depreciate Agitation, Are People Who Want Crops Without Ploughing the Ground

Posted on December 19, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. The struggle may … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Right To Freedom Being the Gift of God Almighty, It Is Not In the Power of Man to Alienate This Gift, and Voluntarily Become A Slave

Posted on December 14, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of Man to alienate this gift, and voluntarily become a slave.” – Samuel Adams (1772)

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Thought For the Day: The Preservation of Freedom Is the Protective Reason For Limiting and Decentralizing Governmental Power

Posted on December 12, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The preservation of freedom is the protective reason for limiting and decentralizing governmental power. But there is also a constructive reason. The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or in literature, in industry or agriculture, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Private Property Was the Original Source of Freedom. It Still Is Its Main Bulwark

Posted on November 8, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main bulwark.” —Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)

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First Principles: Only A Virtuous People Are Capable of Freedom. As Nations Become Corrupt and Vicious, They Have More Need of Masters

Posted on November 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” – Benjamin Franklin

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