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Thought For the Day: The Dustbin of History Is Littered With Remains of Those Countries That Relied On Diplomacy To Secure Their Freedom

“The dustbin of history is littered with remains of those countries that relied on diplomacy to secure their freedom. We must never forget … in the final analysis … that it is our military, industrial and economic strength that offers … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Old Poets Little Knew What Comfort They Could Be To A Man

“The old poets little knew what comfort they could be to a man.” -Sarah Orne Jewett, poet and novelist (3 Sep 1849-1909)

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Thought For the Day: When Pride Comes, Then Comes Disgrace, But With Humility Comes Wisdom

” When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.” – Proverbs 11:2

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Thought For the Day: You Can Only Protect Your Liberties In This World By Protecting the Other Man’s Freedom. You Can Only Be Free If I Am Free

“You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom. You can only be free if I am free.” – Clarence S. Darrow (1857-1938)

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Thought For the Day: In the United States There Is No Phenomenon More Threatening To Popular Government Than the Unwillingness of Newspapers To Give the Facts To Their Readers

“In the United States there is no phenomenon more threatening to popular government than the unwillingness of newspapers to give the facts to their readers.” – Nelson Antrim Crawford (1888-1963)

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Thought For the Day: Only the Small Secrets Need to Be Protected. The Big Ones Are Kept Secret by Public Incredulity

 “Only the small secrets need to be protected. The big ones are kept secret by public incredulity.” – Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980)

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Thought For the Day: The Real Rulers In Washington Are Invisible and Exercise Power From Behind the Scenes

“The real rulers in Washington are invisible and exercise power from behind the scenes.” – Justice Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965)

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Thought For the Day: An Ounce of Mother Is Worth A Pound of Clergy

“An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.” – Spanish proverb

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Thought For the Day: Don’t You See That the Whole Aim of Newspeak Is to Narrow the Range of Thought?

“Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.” – George Orwell

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Thought For the Day: The Difference Between A Welfare State and A Totalitarian State Is A Matter of Time

“The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.”– -author and philosopher Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

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