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Thought For the Day: If I Knew of Something That Could Serve My Nation But Would Ruin Another, I Would Not Propose It To My Prince, For I Am First A Man
“If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman … because I am necessarily a man, … Continue reading
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Tagged Accident, Frenchman, Knew, Man, Montesquieu, Nation, Necessary, Prince, Propose, Ruin, Serve, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: This Nation Was Conceived In Liberty and Dedicated To the Principle…That Honest Men May Honestly Disagree
“This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle — among others — that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all say what they think, a majority of the people will be able to distinguish truth … Continue reading
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Tagged Elmer Davis, Error, Honest Men, Honestly Disagree, Liberty, Marketplace of Ideas, Nation, Principle, Thought For the Day, Truth
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Jack’s Winter Glory
Jack’s Winter Gloryby Michael DoyleOnce upon a winter’s snowflakeThere was a Christmas wish to makeThere in that distant time and placeThere was magic for all to embraceAs tyranny suppressed simple peasantsUntil they could not afford Christmas presentsThe czar took every … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrive, Bells, Between the Mountains, Breeze, Christmas Wish, Countryside, Czar, Daydreams, Fountains, Fraction, Ground, Jack Frost, Magic, Mind, Nation, One of A Kind, Peasant, Please, Plenty, Poetry and Poems, Presents, Seams, Smiles, Snow, Snowflake, Snowstorms, Survive, Time and Place, Truth, Warm, Winter Glory, Wonderland, Worst of Times
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Angelic Choirs Sing
Angelic Choirs Singby Michael DoyleThe angelic chorus became distortionEven mountains felt small in proportionStill the choir sang songs giving evil warningThat Jesus Christ was born that blessed morningJoy to the world came with this first NoelHere came the gifted blessing … Continue reading
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Tagged Beginning To End, Bleak Midwinter Day, Blessed Morning, Blessing, Death, Declared Authority, Distortion, End of Our Days, Eternity, Final Vidtory, First Noel, Grave, Holiness, Jesus Christ, Joy to the World, Keep Hope Alive, Light, Lord's Grace, Magnify, Mountain, Nation, Old-Fashioned Ways, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Preservation, Salvation, Sing, Sins, Tale, Tididings, Warning
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First Principles: Can the Liberties of A Nation Be Thought Secure When We Have Removed Their Only Firm Basis, A Conviction…That These Liberties Are the Gift of God?
“And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Conviction, Firm Basis, First Principles, Gift of God, Liberties, Minds, Nation, Remove, The People, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: We Are Either A United People, Or We Are Not. If the Former, Let Us, In All Matters of General Concern Act As A Nation
“We are either a united people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all matters of general concern act as a nation, which have national objects to promote, and a national character to support. If we are … Continue reading
First Principles: A Little Matter Will Move A Party, But It Must Be Something Great That Moves A Nation
“A little matter will move a party, but it must be something great that moves a nation.” – Thomas Paine (1792)
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First Principles: To Cherish and Stimulate the Activity of the Human Mind, By Multiplying the Objects of Enterprise, Is Not Among the Least Considerable of the Expedients
“To cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind, by multiplying the objects of enterprise, is not among the least considerable of the expedients, by which the wealth of a nation may be promoted.” -Alexander Hamilton (1791)
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Tagged Activity, Alexander Hamilton, Cherishh, Enterprise, Expedients, First Principles, Human Mind, Multiply, Nation, Objects, Promote, Stimulate, Wealth
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Thought For the Day: When Our Divisions Become So Deep That Civil Discourse Can No Longer Mend What Has Unraveled, We Need To Tread Carefully
“When our divisions become so deep that civil discourse can no longer mend what has unraveled, we need to tread carefully. … How can a nation remain intact when large parts of the population have absolutely nothing in common with … Continue reading
First Principles: We Are Either A United People, Or We Are Not
“We are either a United people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all matters of general concern act as a nation, which have national objects to promote, and a national character to support. If we are … Continue reading
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Tagged Act, Farce, First Principles, Former, General Concern, George Washington, Nation, National Character, National Objects, Or Not, Pretend, Promote, Support, United People
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