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Thought For the Day: Concentrated Power Is Not Rendered Harmless By the Good Intentions of Those Who Create It

Posted on March 4, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.” – Milton Friedman (1912-2006)

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Thought For the Day: Those Who Deny Freedom To Others Deserve It Not For Themselves

Posted on January 26, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. – Abraham Lincoln

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Thought For the Day: Since When Have We Americans Been Expected To Bow Submissively To Authority and Speak With Awe and Reverence To Those Who Represent Us

Posted on January 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?” – Justice William O. Douglas (1898-1980)

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Thought For the Day: Those Who Insist On the Dignity of Their Office Show They Have Not Deserved It

Posted on January 9, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.” -Baltasar Gracian, philosopher and writer (8 Jan 1601-1658)

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Thought For the Day: Those Who Can Make You Believe In Absurdities Can Make You Commit Atrocities

Posted on October 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Those who can make you believe in absurdities can make you commit atrocities!” – Voltaire (1694-1778)

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Thought For the Day: Speak Up For Those Who Cannot Speak For Themselves

Posted on September 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Speak Up For Those Who Cannot Speak For Themselves”– Proverbs 31:8

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First Principles: With Those Who Wish To Think Amiss of Me, I Have Learned To Be Perfectly Indifferent

Posted on August 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“With those who wish to think amiss of me, I have learned to be perfectly indifferent; but where I know a mind to be ingenuous, and to need only truth to set it to rights, I cannot be passive.” – … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Those Who Expect To Reap the Blessings of Freedom, Must, Like Men, Undergo the Fatigue of Supporting It

Posted on August 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Those Who Expect To Reap the Blessings of Freedom, Must, Like Men, Undergo the Fatigue of Supporting It.” – Thomas Paine

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Thought For the Day: Those Who Believe Without Reason Cannot Be Convinced By Reason

Posted on August 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason.” – James Randi, magician and skeptic (b. 7 Aug 1928) I would like to counter-propose that sometimes those who make a living by sleight of hand, without evidence, begin … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Those Who Say That We’re In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don’t Know Where To Look

Posted on June 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we’re in a time when there are no heroes, they just don’t know where to look.” – Ronald Reagan

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