Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: I Will Remember That What Has Brought Us Up From Savagery Is A Loyalty To Truth, and Truth Cannot Emerge Unless It is Subjected To the Utmost Scrutiny

Posted on March 30, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“I will remember that what has brought us up from savagery is a loyalty to truth, and truth cannot emerge unless it is subjected to the utmost scrutiny — will you not agree that a society which has lost sight … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: What You Can Imagine Depends On What You Know

Posted on March 29, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“What you can imagine depends on what you know. Philosophers who know only philosophy consign themselves to a janitorial role in the great enterprises of exploration that are illuminating the mysteries of our lives.” – Daniel C. Dennett

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Thought For the Day: History Does Not Entrust the Care of Freedom To the Weak or the Timid

Posted on March 28, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)

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Thought For the Day: The World Makes Way For the Man Who Knows Where He Is Going

Posted on March 27, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

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Thought For the Day: One Cannot Wage War Under Present Conditions Without the Support of Public Opinion, Which Is Tremendously Molded By the Press and Other Forms of Propaganda

Posted on March 26, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.” – General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)

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Thought For the Day: Politics Is War Without Bloodshed While War Is Politics With Bloodshed

Posted on March 25, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.” – Mao Tse-Tung (1893-1976)

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In Honor of National Medal of Honor Day

Posted on March 25, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

March 25th is National Medal of Honor Day. This is in recognition of the government’s highest military decoration awarded to American airmen, coast guardsmen, guardians, Marines, sailors, and soldiers who have distinguished themselves through their valor.

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Thought For the Day: You May Not Be Interested In War, but War Is Very Interested In You

Posted on March 24, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“You may not be interested in war, but war is very interested in you.” – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi (1828-1910)

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Thought For the Day: One Cannot Be Deeply Responsive To the World Without Being Saddened Very Often

Posted on March 23, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.” – Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst and author (23 Mar 1900-1980)

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Thought For the Day: Kings Had Always Been Involving and Impoverishing Their People In Wars, Pretending Generally, If Not Always, That the Good of the People Was the Object

Posted on March 22, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object.” – Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

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