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Thought For the Day: Very Few Established Institutions, Governments, and Constitutions…Are Ever Destroyed By Their Enemies Until They Have Been Corrupted and Weakened By Their Friends
“Very few established institutions, governments, and constitutions … are ever destroyed by their enemies until they have been corrupted and weakened by their friends.” – Walter Lippmann, journalist (23 Sep 1889-1974)
First Principles: Governments Do Not Make Ideals, But Ideals Make Governments
“Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments. This is both historically and logically true. Of course, the government can help to sustain ideals and can create institutions through which they can be the better observed, but their source … Continue reading
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Tagged Calvin Coolidge, Character, Create, Enactment, First Principles, Governments, Historical, Ideals, Institutions, Law, Logic, Nation, Nature, Observance, Observed, Source, Sustain, The People
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First Principles: How Prone All Human Institutions Have Been To Decay;…Impelled As It Were By An Irresistable Fate of Despotism
“How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check and totally dissolve; how difficult it has been for mankind, in all ages and countries, to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ages, All Human Insituttions, Check, Countries, Decay, Despotism, Difficult, Dissolve, Fate, First Pricniples, Governments, Impelled, Irresistable, James Monroe, Mankind, Prone, Rights and Privileges
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Thought For the Day: Ours Was the First Revolution In the History of Mankind That Truly Reversed the Course of Government…With Three Little Words: “We the People”
“Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words: ‘We the people.’ … Almost all the world’s constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Governments Have Ever Been Known To Hold A High Hand Over the Education of the People
“Governments have ever been known to hold a high hand over the education of the people. They know, better than anyone else, that their power is based almost entirely on the school. Hence, they monopolize it more and more.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Based, Education, Francisco Ferrer, Governments, High Hand, Know, Known, Monopolize, Power, School, The People, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The Whole People Are the Militia. Whenever Governments Mean To Invade the Rights and Liberties of the People, They Always Attempt To Destroy the Militia
“The Whole People Are the Militia. Whenever Governments Mean To Invade the Rights and Liberties of the People, They Always Attempt To Destroy the Militia.” – Elbridge Gerry
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Tagged Attempt, Destroy, Elbridge Gerry, First Principles, Governments, Invade, Militia, Rights and Liberties, The Militia, The People, Whole People
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