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Thought For the Day: When A Comic Becomes Enamored With His Own Views and Foists Them Off On the Public In A Polemic Way, He Loses Not Only His Sense of Humor But His Value As a Humorist
“When a comic becomes enamored with his own views and foists them off on the public in a polemic way, he loses not only his sense of humor but his value as a humorist.” – Johnny Carson
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Tagged Comic, Enamored, Huomrist, Johnny Carson, Polemic Way, Public, Sense of Humor, Thought For the Day, Value, Views
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First Principles: The American Republic Will Endure Until the Day Congress Discovers That It Can Bribe the Public With the Public’s Money
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” – Alexis de Tocqueville
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First Principles: The American Republic Will Endure Until the Day Congress Discovers That It Can Bribe the Public With the Public’s Money
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” – Alexis de Tocqueville
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Tagged Alexis de Tocqueville, American Republic, Bribe, Congress, Discover, Endure, First Principles, Public, Public's Money
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First Principles: The American Republic Will Endure Until the Day Congress Discovers That It Can Bribe the Public With the Public’s Money
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” – Alexis de Tocqueville
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Tagged Alexis de Tocqueville, American, Bribe, Congress, Day, Endure, First Principles, Public, Public's Money, Republic
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First Principles: The Public Cannot Be Too Curious Concerning the Characters of Public Men
“The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.” -Samuel Adams (1775)
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Tagged Character, Concern, Curious, First Principles, Public, Public Men, Samuel Adams
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Thought For the Day: If It Is Committed In the Name of God Or Country, There Is No Crime So Heinous That the Public Will Not Forgive It
“If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it.” – Tom Robbins, writer (b. 22 Jul 1936)
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Tagged Commit, Country, Crime, Forgive, God, Heinous, Name, Public, Thought For the Day, Tom Robbins
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First Principles: Truth Can Stand By Itself. Subject Opinion To Coercion: Whom Will You Make Your Inquisitors
“Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors?” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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Tagged Bad Passions, Coercion, Desirable, Face and Stature, FallibleMen, First Principles, Inquisitors, Opinion, Private, Public, Reasons, Stand, Subject, Thomas Jefferson, Tuth, Uniformity
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First Principles: If the Public Are Bound To Yield Obedience To Laws To Which They Cannot Give Their Approbation, They Are Slaves To Those Who Make Such Laws and Enforce Them
“If the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.” – Samuel Adams (1772)
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Tagged Approbation, Bound, Enforce, First Principles, Law, Obedience, Public, Samuel Adams, Slaves
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First Principles: The Public Cannot Be Too Curious Concerning the Characters of Public Men
“The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.” -Samuel Adams (1775)
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Tagged Cannot, Character, Concern, Curious, First Principles, Public, Public Men, Samuel Adams
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Thought For the Day: Climate Science Has Become Less About Understanding the Complexities of the World and More About Serving As A Kind of Cassandra
“To put it bluntly, climate science has become less about understanding the complexities of the world and more about serving as a kind of Cassandra, urgently warning the public about the dangers of climate change.” – Patrick Brown I Left … Continue reading
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Tagged Blunt, Cassandra, Climate Change, Climate Science, Complex, Danger, Nature, Patrick Brown, Public, Science, Serve, The Free Press, Thought For the Day, Understand, Urgent, Warn, World
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