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First Principles: Patriotism Is As Much A Virtue As Justice, and Is As Necessary For the Support of Societies As Natural Affection Is For the Support of Families
“Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.” – Benjamin Rush (1773)
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Tagged Benjamin Rush, Families, First Principles, Justice, Natural Affection, Necessary, Patriotism, Society, Support, Virtue
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First Principles: I Know No Safe Depository of the Ultimate Power of the Society But the People Themselves
“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from … Continue reading
First Principles: Natural Rights Are the Objects For the Protection of Which Society Is Formed and Municipal Laws Established
“Natural rights [are] the objects for the protection of which society is formed and municipal laws established.” – Thomas Jefferson (1791)
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Tagged Establish, First Principles, Form, Municipal Laws, Natural Rights, Objects, Protection, Society, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: The First Principle of Society Consists In the Marriage Tie, the Next In Children, the Next In A Family Within One Roof
“The first principle of society consists in the marriage tie, the next in children, the next in a family within one roof, where everything is in common. This society gives rise to the city, and is, as it were, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, City, Commonwealth, Family, First Principles, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Marriage Tie, Nursey, Roof, Society
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First Principles: Without Justice Being Freely, Fully, and Impartially Administered, Neither Our Persons, Nor Our Rights, Nor Our Property, Can Be Protected
“Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if these, or either of them, are regulated by no certain laws, and are subject to no certain principles, … Continue reading
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Tagged Fail, First Principles, Free, Impartial, Joseph Story, Justice, Law, Persons, Principles, Property, Protected, Remedy, Rights, Society, Tenure, Value
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Lies, Shapes, and Cheating AI
Lies, Shapes, and Cheating AIby Michael DoyleWhat an academic year it must truly have beenIt is good to not be professor or have to defendChecking integrity with AI for the use of AITurning the shape of cheating AI is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Academic Year, Account, Ai-Generated Systems, Algorithms, Blame, Blunder, Certainty, Chasing Dollars, Chatbots, Cheated, Cheating AI, Churn, Clever, College, College Is For Learning, Correction, Cracks, Defeeated, Defend, Degrees, Difference, Doubt, Earning, Ed-Tech, False Delivery, Game, Grades, Guessing, Human Endeavor, Impossible, Indistinguishable, Integrity, Learn, Learning, Lies, Loss of Revenue, Opt Out, Paper Chase, Poetry and Poems, Positive Identifications, Professionalized, Professor, Proficiency, Rationalized, Reach, Scam, Schools, Shapes, Society, Spellcheck, Stomachs, Struggle, Teach, Teaching, Tectonic Shifts, Turnitin, Twisted
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First Principles: The Virtues of Men Are of More Consequence To Society Than Their Abilities
“The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities; and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.” – Noah Webster (1788)
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Tagged Abilities, Assiduity, Consequence, Cultitvate, First Principles, Head, Heart, Mankind, Noah Webster, Reason, Society, Virtues
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First Principles: Marriage Is In Its Origin A Contract of Natural Law. It Is the Parent, and Not the Child of Society; the Source of Civility, and A Sort of Seminary of the Republic
“Marriage is … in its origin a contract of natural law. … It is the parent, and not the child of society; the source of civility and a sort of seminary of the republic.” – Justice Joseph Story (1833)
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Tagged Child, Civility, Contract, First Principles, Joseph Story, Marriage, Natural Law, Origin, Parent, Republic, Seminary, Society, Source
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First Principles: One Single Object Will Merit the Endless Gratitude of the Society: That of Restraining the Judges From Usurping Legislation
“One single object … [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to Edward Livingston, 1825
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