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Thought For the Day: The Problem In Our Country Isn’t With Books Being Banned, But With People No Longer Reading
“The problem in our country isn’t with books being banned, but with people no longer reading. … You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” – Ray Bradbury, science-fiction writer (22 … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: America’s Abundance Was Created Not By Public Sacrifices To ‘the Common Good’, But By the Productive Genius of Free Men
“America’s abundance was created not by public sacrifices to ‘the common good,’ but by the productive genius of free men.” – Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
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Tagged Abundance, America, Ayn Rand, Better Jobs, Cheaper Goods, Common Good, Every Step, Free Men, Genius, Higher Wages, Industrialization, Invent, Machine, Moving Forward, Not Suffering, People, Personal Interests, Private Fortunes, Productive, Profiting, Public Sacrifice, Scientific Discovery, Starve, Technological Advance, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: The Budget Should Be Balanced, the Treasury Should Be Refilled, Public Debt Should Be Reduced… Lest Rome Become Bankrupt
“The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: I Imagine One of the Reasons People Cling To Their Hates So Stubbornly Is Because They Sense, Once Hate Is Gone, They’ll Be Forced To Deal With Pain
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain” -James Baldwin, writer (2 Aug 1924-1987)
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Thought For the Day: There Are Basically Two Types of People. People Who Accomplish Things, and People Who Claim To Have Accomplished Things. The First Group Is Less Crowded.
“There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.” – Mark Twain
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First Principles: Only Aim To Do Your Duty, and Mankind Will Give You Credit Where You Fail
“It behooves you, therefore, to think and act for yourself and your people. The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors. The whole art of government … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: The Time Will Come When People Will Not Put Up With Sound Doctrine
“For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Timothy 4:3-5, Away, Desires, Endure, Hear, Itching Ears, Keep Your Head, Myths, Paul, People, Sound Doctrine, Teachers, Thought For the Day, Time, Truth
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Thought For the Day: You Cannot Subsidize Irresponsibility and Expect People To Become More Responsible
“You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible.” – Thomas Sowell
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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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First Principles: The Liberties of A People Depend On Their Own Constant Attention To Its Preservation
“The liberties of a people depend on their own constant attention to its preservation.”
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Tagged Attention, Constant, First Principles, Liberties, People, Preservation, Their, William Henry Harrison
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