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First Principles: A Body of Men Holding Themselves Accountable To Nobody Ought Not To Be Trusted By Anybody

“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.” – Thomas Paine

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Thought For the Day: To Be Nobody But Myself – In A World Which Is Doing Its Best, Night and Day, To Make You Everybody Else – Means to Fight the Hardest Battle Which Any Human Being Can Fight, and Never Stop

“To be nobody but myself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting. “– … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Nobody Has Ever Measured, Not Even Poets, How Much the Human Heart Can Hold

“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the human heart can hold.” -Zelda Fitzgerald, novelist (24 Jul 1900-1948)

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Kept In A Hillside Perspective

Kept In A Hillside Perspectiveby Michael DoyleI’ve heard a lot of jokesAbout being close to inbredIt’s the kind of a thingThat rolls around in my headOver and over againPlaying a memory’s allusionAgainst something, I can’t defendAs I have been searching … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: I’ve Got A Right To Say and Believe Anything I Please, But, I Haven’t A Right To Press It On Anybody Else

“I believe there is a limit beyond which free speech cannot go, but it’s a limit that’s very seldom mentioned. It’s the point where free speech begins to collide with the right to privacy. I don’t think there are any … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: All Lives Matter; All Life Is Sacred

“Of course, nobody would have a problem with the phrase Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter is a great concept. Brown lives matter. White lives matter. Women’s lives matter. Men’s lives matter. Unborn lives matter. All these lives matter.” – … Continue reading

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First Principles: There Is No Greater Mistake Than Doing Nothing Because Only Little Could Be Done

“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” – Edmund Burke, statesman and writer (12 Jan 1729-1797)    

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First Principles: Basic To Our Constitution Is That Nobody Is Above the Law

“I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law.” – Barack Obama Seven pages of quotations from Mr. Obama and this is the closest that I could find comporting to the founding principles of our nation.   … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Unite With Anyone To Right; Unite With Nobody To Do Wrong

“I would unite with anybody to do right; and with nobody to do wrong.” – Frederick Douglass      

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