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Thought For the Day: The Price of Freedom of Religion Or of Speech Or of the Press Is That We Must Put Up With, and Even Pay For, A Good Deal of Rubbish

Posted on February 13, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The price of freedom of religion or of speech or of the press is that we must put up with, and even pay for, a good deal of rubbish.” – Robert H. Jackson, US Supreme Court justice (13 Feb 1892-1954)

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First Principles: I Ask, Sir, What Is the Militia? It Is the Whole People. To Disarm the People Is the Best and Most Effectual Way To Enslave Them.

Posted on January 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.” – George Mason, Speech at the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788

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Thought For the Day: I Pray That I Keep My Tongue From Evil and My Lips From Deceitful Speech

Posted on January 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Beautiful One, I am grateful for my life and I want to see good days, so I pray that I keep my tongue from evil and my lips from deceitful speech. Let the words that I use be transparent and … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Let Us Not Love With Words or Speech But With Actions and In Truth

Posted on November 21, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. – 1 John 3:18

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Prevail or Perish, America

Posted on July 31, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Prevail or Perish, Americaby Michael DoyleWe won’t keep domestic terrorism bluntedBy keeping the American mind stuntedDespite the folly of the Biden AdministrationSilencing conservative thought does not help the nationThis unprecedented statist interventionDefies reason and every rational conventionThe Left’s turning one … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: No Danger Flowing From Speech Can Be Deemed Clear and Present Unless the Incidence of the Evil Apprehended Is So Imminent That It May Befall Before There Is An Opportunity For Full Discussion

Posted on November 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“No danger flowing from speech can be deemed clear and present unless the incidence of the evil apprehended is so imminent that it may befall before there is an opportunity for full discussion. Only an emergency can justify repression.” – … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If the Freedom of Speech Is Taken Away Then Dumb and Silent We May Be Led, Like Sheep, To Slaughter

Posted on October 31, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to slaughter.” – George Washington

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Thought For the Day: Create Now A Political Court To Echo the Ideas of the Executive and You Have Created A Weapon…That Can Cut Down Those Guarantees of Liberty…and Extinguish Your Right of Liberty, of Speech, of Thought, of Action and of Religion

Posted on October 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Create now a political court to echo the ideas of the executive and you have created a weapon . . . that can cut down those guarantees of liberty written into your great documents by the blood of your forefathers … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: I Have Often Regretted My Speech, Never My Silence

Posted on September 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.” – Publilius Syrus (though often mistakenly attributed to Xenocrates or that that other great mind, “Anonymous”

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First Principles:

Posted on September 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Whoever Would Overthrow the Liberty of A Nation Must Begin By Subduing the Freeness of Speech” – Benjamin Franklin

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