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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Cicero – On Friendship
Cicero was born on January 3, 106 B.C. The Roman politician and attorney Marcus Tullius Cicero was born on January 3, 106 BC and passed away on December 7, 43 BC. Coming from a wealthy family of the Roman … Continue reading
First Principles: Seek To Friend A Righteous Government; Be An Enemy To Tyranny
“Some boast of being friends to government; I am a friend to righteous government, to a government founded upon the principles of reason and justice; but I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.” John Hancock, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Massacre, Enemy, Enmity, First Principles, Friend, John Hancock, Justice, Oration, Principles, Reason, Righteous Government, Tryanny
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Thought For the Day: Act Worthy of Yourselves
“The man who meanly will submit to wear a shackle, contemns the noblest gift of heaven, and impiously affronts the God that made him free. Ease and prosperity (though pleasing for a day) have often sunk a people into … Continue reading
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Tagged Affronts, America, American Revolution, American Service Members, Christianity, Effeminacy, First Principles, Fortunes, Freedom, God, Gratitude, Joseph Warren, Liberty, Memorial Day, Oration, Public Square, Service, Shackle, Sloth, Thankfulness, Thought For the Day, Worthy
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 