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Thought For the Day: A Man Has Honor If He Holds Himself To An Ideal of Conduct Though It Is Inconvenient, Unprofitable, or Dangerous To Do So
“A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.” – Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)
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Thought For the Day: Conscience Is A Man’s Compass, and Though the Needle Sometimes Deviates… One Must Still Try To Follow Its Direction
“Conscience is a man’s compass, and though the needle sometimes deviates, though one often perceives irregularities when directing one’s course by it, one must still try to follow its direction.” – Vincent van Gogh, painter (1853-1890)
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Tagged Compass, Conscience, Course, Deviates, Direction, Follow, Man, Perceive, Thought For the Day, Vincent van Gogh
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First Principles: Man, Once Surrendering His Reason, Has No Remaining Guard Against Absurdities
“Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. With such persons, gullibility, which they call faith, takes the helm from the hand … Continue reading
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Tagged Absurdities, Faith, First Principles, Gullibility, Hand of Reason, Helm, Man, Mind, Monstrous, No Remaining Guard, Persons, Reason, Rudder, Ship, Sport, Surrender, Thomas Jefferson, Wind, Wreck
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First Principles: The Latent Causes of Faction Are Thus Sown In the Nature of Man
“The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man.” – James Madison (1787)
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Thought For the Day: A Man Always Has Two Reasons For What He Does – A Good One and the Real One
“A man always has two reasons for what he does — a good one, and the real one.” – J. P. Morgan (1837-1913)
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First Principles: No Experiment Can Be More Interesting Than That We Are Now Trying, And Which We Trust Will End In Establishing the Fact, That Man May Be Governed By Reason and Truth
“No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the fact, that man may be governed by reason and truth. Our first object should therefore be, to leave open … Continue reading
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First Principles: I Consider Trial by Jury As the Only Anchor Ever Yet Imagined By Man, By Which A Government Can Be Held To the Principles of Its Constitution
“I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Tagged Anchor, Consider, Constitution, First Principles, Government, Held, Imagined, Man, Principles, Thomas Jefferson, Trial By Jury
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Thought For the Day: If We Encounter A Man of Rare Intellect, We Should Ask Him What Books He Reads
“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Tagged Ask, Encounter, Man, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rare Intellect, Read, Thought For the Day, We, What Books
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Thought For the Day: It Will Be Found An Unjust and Unwise Jealousy To Deprive A Man of His Natural Liberty Upon the Supposition He May Abuse It
“It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.” – Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
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