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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
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Tagged Act, Aim, Art of Government, Counsel, Credit, Duty, First Principles, Honest, Legible, Manking, People, Principle, Right, Think, Thomas Jefferson, Wrong, Yourself
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First Principles: No People Will Tamely Surrender Their Liberties Or Be Easily Subdued When Knowledge Is Diffused and Virtue Is Preserved
“No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved. On the contrary, when people are universally ignorant, and debauched in their manners, they will sink under their own … Continue reading
First Principles: All Tyranny Needs To Gain A Foothold Is For People of Good Conscience To Remain Silent
“We in America do not have government by the majority—we have government by the majority who participate…. All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Tagged America, First Principles, Foothold, Gain, Good Conscience, Government, Majority, Participate, People, Silent, Thomas Jeferrson, Tyranny
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Thought For the Day: Things Turn Out Best For the People Who Make the Best of the Way Things Turn Out
“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” – John Wooden
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Tagged Best, John Wooden, Make, People, Things, Thought For the Day, Turn Out
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Thought For the Day: Be A Yardstick of Quality
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” – Steve Jobs
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Tagged Environment, Excellence, Expect, People, Quality, Steve Jobs, Thought For the Day, Yardstick
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Thought For the Day: When A Person Has Done Their Duty To Their People and Country, They Can Rest In Peace
“Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Country, Death, Duty, Effort, Eternity, Inevitable, Nelson Mandela, People, Rest In Peace, Sleep, Thought For the Day
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Llama Del Ray
Happy National Llama Day 2019 to all my favorite llamas and those who love them! And that’s quite a lot of love when you think about there being something like 150,000 llamas in the United States alone…. Llama Del Ray … Continue reading
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Tagged Andes, Belong, Camel, Cameloid, Cheek To Cheek, Coquettish, Dance, Date, Drama, Dream, Family, Flair, Fun, Graze, Heritage, Inca, LLama, Mammal, Memory, Mountain Ridge, National LLama Day, Pajamas, People, Peru, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Range, Sleep, Song, Spitting Image, Steep, Stop, Strange, United States, Wind, Wool
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First Principles: This Day Is Devoted By Americans To the Service of God As the Beneficent Author of All Good
“I do recommend and assign [this Thanksgiving Day] to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or … Continue reading
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Tagged All Good, Author, Being, Devote, First Principles, George Washington, Glory, People, Recommend, Service, Thanksgiving Day, United States
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First Principles: The Liberties of A People Are Never Secure When the Transactions of Their Rulers May Be Concealed From Them
“The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.” – Patrick Henry
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First Principles: Our Constitution Is Wholly Inadequate For the Government of Any Other Than A Moral and Religious People
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – John Adams
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