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First Principles: Religion Is the Only Solid Basis of Good Morals; Therefore Education Should Teach the Precepts of Relgion, and the Duties of Man Towards God

“The education of young citizens ought to form them to good manners, to accustom them to labor, to inspire them with a love of order, and to impress them with respect for. lawful authority. Religion is the only solid basis … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Man of True Honor Protects the Unwritten Word Which Binds His Conscience More Scrupulously, If Possible, Than He Does the Bond of A Breach of Which Subjects Him to Legal Liabilities

“A man of true honor protects the unwritten word which binds his conscience more scrupulously, if possible, than he does the bond a breach of which subjects him to legal liabilities, and the United States, in aiming to maintain itself … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If Man Is to Survive, He Will Have Learned To Take A Delight In the Essential Differences Between Men and Between Cultures

“If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life’s exciting variety, not … Continue reading →

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First Principles: God Forbid That the Day Should Ever Come When, In the American Mind, the Thought of Man As A Consumer Shall Submerge the Old American Thought of Man As A Creature of God

“God forbid that the day should ever come when, in the American mind, the thought of man as a consumer shall submerge the old American thought of man as a creature of God, endowed with unalienable rights.” – Benjamin Harrison

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Thought For the Day: We Need Men With Moral Courage To Speak and Write Their Real Thoughts, and To Stand By Their Convictions, Even To the Very Death

“We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.” – Robert Green Ingersoll

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First Principles: All Men By Nature Are Equal In That Equal Right That Every Man Hath To His Natural Freedom

“All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man; being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: All That Man Needs For Health and Healing Has Been Provided By God In Nature; the Challenge of Science Is To Find It

“All that man needs for health and healing has been provided by God in nature, the Challenge of science is to find it.” – Paracelsus

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First Principles: It Matters Not How A Man Dies, But How He lives

“It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.” – Samuel Johnson Every day, our lives of reading, thinking, and customs we choose to follow are on display as if a living parade of standards kept, and those … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Success Is Not Measured By What A Man Accomplishes, But By the Opposition He Has Encountered and the Courage With Which He Has Maintained the Struggle Against Overwhelming Odds

“Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered and the courage with which he has maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.” – Charles Lindbergh

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First Principles: Bibles Are Strong Entrenchments. Where They Abound, Men Cannot Pursue Wicked Courses, and At the Same Time Enjoy Quiet Conscience

“Bibles are strong entrenchments. Where they abound, men cannot pursue wicked courses, and at the same time enjoy quiet conscience.” – James McHenry, signer of the Constitution

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