Tag Archives: Good

First Principles: Liberty Is Sacred When Rightly Understood

Posted on July 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world. Justly understood it is sacred next to those which we appropriate in divine adoration; but in the … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Benevolent Tyranny Is Perhaps the Most Oppressive

Posted on July 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.” – C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)

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Thought For the Day: Evil Is Powerless If the Good Are Unafraid

Posted on July 9, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.” – Ronald Reagan

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Thought For the Day: The Truly Good and Wise Seek To Always Act Nobly

Posted on November 6, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.” – Aristotle, in Nicomachean Ethics, Book I

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Foothold Out of the Pathological

Posted on October 6, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Foothold Out of the Pathological by Michael Romani What do we do When the horror descends? When we lose a few loved ones? When we lose a lot of friends? We find the need to blame To cast the blame … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: There Is No Objective Good Without God

Posted on September 1, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“If there is no God, everything is permissible.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, in The Brothers Karamazov At first blush this is resounding battle cry for atheists and moral relativists alike. That is until you stop and think on it a moment. … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Right to Property Is A Positive In the World

Posted on July 3, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Property is the fruit of labor-property is desirable – it is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not who … Continue reading →