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First Principles: Little Minds Are Tamed and Subdued By Misfortune; But Great Minds Rise Above Them
“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.” – Washington Irving
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First Principles: The Supreme Art of War Is To Subdue the Enemy Without Fighting
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” – Sun Tzu
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First Principles: Whoever Would Overthrow the Liberty of A Nation Must Begin By Subduing the Freedom of Speech
“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.” – Benjamin Franklin
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“Whoever Would Overthrow the Liberty of A Nation Must Begin By Subduing the Freeness of Speech” – Benjamin Franklin
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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: Whoever Would Overthrow A Nation’s Liberty Must Begin By Subduing Free Speech
“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.” – Benjamin Franklin
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First Principles: Civilization Teaches Us To Respect The Right For Women To Enjoy Their Natural Equality To Men
“It is civilization alone which replaces women in the enjoyment of their natural equality. That first teaches us to subdue the selfish passions, and to respect those rights in others which we value in ourselves.” – Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the … Continue reading
First Principles: Liberty Is Not Easily Surrendered Where Knowledge Is Diffused and Virtue Is Preserved
“No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffusd and Virtue is preservd.” – Samuel Adams (1775)
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First Principles: Pride Is Among The Hardest of Our Passions To Subdue
“In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will … Continue reading
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First Principles: Subduing Free Speech Begins the Overthrow of Liberty
“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.” – Benjamin Franklin, Silence Dogood, The Busy Body and Early Writings
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