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First Principles: I Never Considered A Difference of Opinion In Politics, In Religion, In Philosophy, As Cause For Withdrawing From A Friend

“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson

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Thought For the Day: Change Your Opinions, Keep To Your Principles; Change Your Leaves, Keep Intact Your Roots

“Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.” – Victor Hugo

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Walking Life With Sympathy

Walking Life With Sympathyby Michael DoyleLife is lived best in contemplation,All is aimed toward our redemption.Choices are made at least as we canTo be our best woman or man.We are not born in this world to conform,But instead, to earnestly … Continue reading

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First Principles: While Men Inhabiting Different Parts of This Vast Continent Cannot Be Expected To Hold the Same Opinions, They Can Unite In A Common Objective and Sustain Common Principles

“While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can unite in a common objective and sustain common principles.” – Franklin Pierce

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First Principles: While Men Inhabiting Different Parts of This Vast Continent Cannot Be Expected To Hold the Same Opinions, They Can Unite In A Common Objective and Sustain Common Principles

“While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can unite in a common objective and sustain common principles.” – Franklin Pierce

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Thought For the Day: Men Are Divided In Opinion As To the Facts. And Even Granting the Facts, They Explain Them In Different Ways

“Men are divided in opinion as to the facts. And even granting the facts, they explain them in different ways.” – Edwin Abbott Abbott, schoolmaster and theologian (20 Dec 1838-1926)

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Thought For the Day: I Want People To Talk To One Another No Matter What Their Difference of Opinion Might Be

“I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.” – Studs Terkel, author and broadcaster (16 May 1912-2008)

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Thought For the Day: The Peculiar Evil of Silencing the Expression of An Opinion Is, That It Is Robbing the Human Race; Posterity As Well as the Existing Generation

“The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the … Continue reading

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First Principles: Where An Excess of Power Prevails, Property of No Sort Is Duly Respect. No Man Is Safe In His Opinion, …Person,…Faculties… Or His Possessions

“As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights. Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is … Continue reading

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First Principles: Nothing Is So Contagious As Opinion, Especially On Questions Which, Susceptible of Very Different Glasses, Beget In the Mind A Distrust of Itself

“Nothing is so contagious as opinion, especially on questions which, being susceptible of very different glosses, beget in the mind a distrust of itself.” – James Madison (1790)

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