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First Principles: I Place Economy Among the First and Most Important of Republican Virtues, and Public Debt As the Greatest of the Dangers To Be Feared
“I … place economy among the first and most important of republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.” – Thomas Jefferson, Letter to William Plumer, 1816
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Tagged Dangers, Economy, Fear, First, First Principles, Great, Most Important, Public Debt, Republican Virtues, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: There Can Be No Greater Error Than To Expect, or Calculate Upon Real Favors From Nation To Nation
“There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favours from Nation to Nation. ‘Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.” – George Washington (1796)
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Tagged Calculate, Cure, Discard, Error, Expect, Experience, Favor, First Principles, George Washington, Great, Illusion, Nation, Pride
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First Principles: So Great Is the Wickedness of Some Men, and the Stupid Servility of Others, That One Would Be Almost Inclined To Conclude That Communities Cannot Be Free
“So great is the wickedness of some men, and the stupid servility of others, that one would be almost inclined to conclude that communities cannot be free.” – Samuel Adams (1787)
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Tagged Communities, Conclude, First Principles, Free, Great, Incline, Men, Samuel Adams, Servility, Wickedness
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First Principles: To Maintain the Ascendancy of the Constitution Over the Lawmaking Majority Is the Great and Essential Point On Which the Success of the American System Must Depend
“To maintain the ascendancy of the Constitution over the lawmaking majority is the great and essential point on which the success of the [American] system must depend; unless that ascendancy can be preserved, the necessary consequence must be that the … Continue reading
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Tagged American System, Ascendency, Constitution, Depend, Essential, First Principles, Great, Influence, John C. Calhoun, Lawmaking Majoriy, Laws, Maintain, Necessary Consequence, Patronage, Point, Preserve, Success, Supercede, Supersede the Laws, Will of the Executive
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Thought For the Day: Courage Is the Greatest Of All the Virtues… If You Haven’t Courage, You May Not Have An Opportunity To Use Any of the Others
“Courage is the greatest of all the virtues. Because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.” – English author Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
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Tagged Courage, Great, Opportunity, Samuel Johnson, Thought For the Day, Virtue
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Thought For the Day: All Great Human Deeds Both Consume and Transform Their Doers
“All great human deeds both consume and transform their doers. Consider an athlete, or a scientist, or an artist, or an independent business creator. In the service of their goals they lay down time and energy and many other choices … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Artist, Athlete, Become, Choices, Consume, Doers, Energy, Goals, Great, Human Deeds, Independent Business Creator, Lois McMaster Bujold, Pleasure, Return, Scientist, Self, Service, Thought For the Day, Time, Transform, True
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Thought For the Day: Never Give In, Except To Convictions of Honor and Good Sense
“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently … Continue reading
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Tagged Convictions, Enemy, Force, Good Sense, Great, Honor, Large, Never, Never Give In, Nothing, Overwhelming Might, Petty, Small, Thought For the Day, Winston Churchill, Yield
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First Principles: In Our Private Pursuits It Is A Great Advantage That Every Honest Employment Is Deemed Honorable
“In our private pursuits it is a great advantage that every honest employment is deemed honorable.” – Thomas Jefferson (1795)
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Thought For the Day: Your Righteousness Is Like the Great Mountains; Your Judgments Are A Great Deep; O Lord, You Preserve Man and Beast
“Your righteousness is like the great mountains; your great judgment are a great deep; O Lord, you preserve man and beast.” – Psalm 36:6
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