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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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Tagged Difference, No Matter, One Another, Opinion, People, Studs Terkel, Talk, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: By Liberty, I Mean the Assurance That Every Man Shall Be Protected In Doing What He Believes His Duty Against the Influence of Authority and Majorities, Custom, and Opinion
“By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.” – Lord Acton (1834-1902)
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Tagged Assurance, Authority, Custom, Doing What He Believes, Duty, Every Man, Influence, Liberty, Lord Acton, Majorities, Opinion, Protected, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Toward No Crimes Have Men Shown Themselves So Cold-Bloodedly Cruel As In Punishing Differences of Opinion
“Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold-bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of opinion.” – James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
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Tagged Crime, Cruel, Differences, James Russell Lowell, Men, Opinion, Punish, Shown, Thought For the Day, Toward
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Thought For the Day: Too Often We Enjoy the Comfort of Opinion Without the Discomfort of Thought
“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” – John F. Kennedy
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Tagged Cliche, Comfort, Discomfort, Enemy of Truth, Facts, Interpretations, John F. Kennedy, Lie, Myth, Opinion, Thought, Thought For the Day
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The New Tolerance
The New Toleranceby Michael Doyle A little something about toleranceIt’s not by majority or in ignoranceTruth is absolute and not up for voteThe new intolerance needs an antidote This the antidote or speaking truthSomething we should from our youthTruth spoken … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolute, Antidote, Day by Day, Equal In Worth, Ignorance, Intolerance, Majoirty, New, North, Objective, One Way, Opinion, Poetry and Poems, Saving Grace, Speaking Truth, Subjective, Tolerance, Truth, Vote, Youth
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First Principles: It Is Error Alone Which Needs the Support of Government. Truth Can Stand By Itself
“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors?” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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Tagged Coercion, Error Alone, First Principles, Government, Inquisitors, Needs, Opinion, Stand By Itself, Support, Thomas Jefferson, Truth
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First Principles: It Is Error Alone Which Needs the Support of Government. Truth Can Stand By Itself.
“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors?” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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Tagged Alone, Coercion, Error, First Principles, Inquisitors, Opinion, Stand By Itself, Support of Government, Thomas Jefferson, Truth
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Thought For the Day: Make Mankind Wise and By That Very Operation You Make Them Free
“Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.” – William Godwin (1756-1836)
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First Principles: It Is Error Alone, Which Needs the Support of Government. Truth Can stand by itself.
“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors?” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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Tagged By Itself, Can Stand, Coercion, Error Alone, First Principles, Government, Inquisitor, Needs, Opinion, Subject, Support, Thomas Jefferson, Truth
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