Tag Archives: People

Thought For the Day: When People Accept Breaking the Law As Normal, Something Happens To the Whole Society

Posted on May 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.” – Orson Welles (Hear this, Democrats? Think before you support Antifa, BLM, the Anti-Semites on College Campuses, what’s been uncovered by DOGE, the threats made by … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Keep Away From People Who Try To Belittle Your Ambitions. Small People Always Do That, But the Really Great Make You Feel That You, Too, Can Become Great

Posted on May 2, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain

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First Principles: Nothing Is More Essential To the Establishment of Manners In A State Than That All Persons Employed In Places of Power and Trust Must Be Men of Unexceptional Characters

Posted on April 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.” – Samuel Adams (1775)

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Thought For the Day: If We Don’t Believe In Free Expression For People We Despise, We Don’t Believe In It At All

Posted on April 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“If we don’t believe in free expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” – Noam Chomsky

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First Principles: Of the Many Influences That Have Shaped the United States Into A Distinctive Nation and People, None May Be Said To Be More Fundamental and Enduring Than the Bible

Posted on April 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Of the many influences that have shaped the United States into a distinctive nation and people, none may be said to be more fundamental and enduring than the Bible.” – Ronald Reagan

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First Principles: The Secret of Freedom Lies In Educating People, Whereas the Secret of Tyranny Is In Keeping Them Ignorant

Posted on April 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.” – Maximilien Robespierre

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Thought For the Day: That Government Is Best Which Governs the Least, Because Its People Discipline Themselves

Posted on April 3, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.” – Henry David Thoreau

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Thought For the Day: Flowers Always Make People Better, Happier, and More Helpful; They Are Sunshine, Food and Medicine For the Soul

Posted on March 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” – Luther Burbank (7 Mar 1849-1926)

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First Principles: A People Who Mean To Be Free Must Be Prepare To Meet Danger In Person, and Not Rely Upon the Fallacious Protection of Armies

Posted on February 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“A people who mean to be free must be prepared to meet danger in person, and not rely upon the fallacious protection of armies.” – Edmund Randolph

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Fires Framing Truth

Posted on January 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Fires Framing Truthby Michael DoyleHow can you serve the peopleWhen you’re feeding them lies?How can you mislead a motherAnd look her straight in the eyes?You think a dismissive smileIs all you need to wearAs you issue your political denialDon’t you … Continue reading →

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