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Thought For the Day: Too Many of Us Are Not Living Our Dreams Because We Are Living Our Fears

“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” — Les Brown

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Thought For the Day: One of the Nice Things About Problems Is That A Good Many of Them Do Not Exist Except In Our Imaginations

“One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them do not exist except in our imaginations.” – Steve Allen

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Thought For the Day: Many A Book Is Like A Key To Unknown Chambers Within the Castle of One’s Own Self

“Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.” – Franz Kafka

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First Principles: The Accumulation of All Powers…In the Same Hands…Whether Hereditary, Self-Appointed, Or Elective, May Justly Be Pronounced the very Definition of Tyranny

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” – James Madison (1788) This … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: In the Case of Good Books, the Point Is Not How Many of Them You Can Get Through, But Rather How Many Can Get Through To You

“In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.” -Mortimer J. Adler, philosopher, educator, and author (28 Dec 1902-2001)

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Thought For the Day: Reflect Upon Your Present Blessings – Which Every Man Has Many – Not On Your Past Misfortunes of Which All Men Have Some

“Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” – Charles Dickens

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On Foundations Known

On Foundations Knownby Michael DoyleRevolutions come from old foundations knownAnd the principles of justice clearly shownThis then is society’s first sense of dutyPart and parcel to the truth of American beautyAnd equally distributed across humanityWhen philosophers talk about braveryThere is … Continue reading

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First Principles: Legislation Can Neither Be Wise Nor Just Which Seeks the Welfare of A Single Interest At the Expense and To the Injury of Many and Varied Interests

“Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.” – Andrew Johnson

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Thought For the Day: Many Who Have Spent A Lifetime In It Can Tell Us Less of Love Than the Child That Lost A Dog Yesterday

“Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.” -Thornton Wilder, writer (17 Apr 1897-1975)

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Thought For the Day: Many A Book Is Like A Key To Unknown Chambers Within the Castle of One’s Own Self

“Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.”– Franz Kafka

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