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Thought For the Day: Success Means To Keep On Going With Enthusiasm

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”  – Winston Churchill Keep the inner fire burning regardless of how many times you need to keep working on accomplishing your goals.  That’s the secret to success.  Failure … Continue reading

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First Principles: Mankind Has A Propensity Toward 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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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Life of Thomas More – William Roper

William Roper was an English lawyer and member of Parliament who also happened to be the son-in-law of Sir Thomas More.  He lived until January 4, 1578.  During his life, he was in a good position to gain insight into … Continue reading

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First Principles: Love Liberty Enough To Guard and Defend It

“God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.”  – Daniel Webster, in Speech (3 June 1834); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), volume iv, page 47 … Continue reading

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Pliny’s Letters

This was to be blogged yesterday.  Unfortunately, sometimes not feeling well gets the better of me.  I chose sleep over blogging.  Okay, truth be told, my body did.  I had duly set an alarm.  Better living through chemicals and a … Continue reading

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Unconquerable Legacy

Unconquerable Legacy by Michael Romani Undivided We are unconquerable That doesn’t mean We don’t need to be flexible We, the people Are a team Each of us part Of that All-American Dream There have been times That we have forgotten … Continue reading

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Gratitude

Let every day be a day of humble gratitude Filled with love and giving each other latitude As we look around us in our moments of every day I do not know about you, but, I find that in every … Continue reading

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First Principles: The Ruin of Many Nations Comes Through Unjust Favoritism

“History affords us many instances of the ruin of states, by the prosecution of measures ill suited to the temper and genius of their people. The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Error Is Often Replaced By Another Error…

“The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth — that the error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when … Continue reading

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First Principles: The Bill of Rights Is To Prevent the Encroachment of the Federal Government On Private Rights

“The invasion of private rights is chiefly to be apprehended, not from acts of Government contrary to the sense of its constituents, but from acts in which the Government is the mere instrument of the major number of the Constituents.” … Continue reading

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