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Thought For the Day: God Can’t Give Us Peace and Happiness Apart From Himself Because There Is No Such Thing
“God can’t give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.” – C.S.Lewis
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Thought For the Day: Affliction is Often That Thing Which Prepares An Ordinary Person For Some Sort of An Extraordinary Destiny
“Affliction is often that thing which prepares an ordinary person for some sort of an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis
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Thought For the Day: A People Who Extend Civil Liberties Only To Preferred Groups Start Down the Path Either to Dictatorship of the Right Or the Left
“A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the left.” – Justice William O. Douglas (1898-1980)
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Thought For the Day: Liberty Lies In the Hearts of Men and Women. When It Dies There, No Constitution, No Law, No Court Can Do Much To Help It
‘Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can do much to help it.’” – Judge Learned Hand
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Thought For the Day: One of the Truest Tests of Integrity Is Its Blunt Refusal To Be Compromised
“One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.” – Chinua Achebe, writer and professor (16 Nov 1930-2013)
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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
“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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Thought For the Day: Patience Is Also A Form of Action
“Patience is also a form of action.” -Auguste Rodin, sculptor (12 Nov 1840-1917
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Thought For the Day: Censorship Is the Commonest Social Blasphemy Because It Is Mostly Concealed, Built Into Us By Indolence, Self-Interest and Cowardice
“Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice.” – John Osborne (1929-1994)
Thought For the Day: A Merely Fallen Enemy May Rise Again, But the Reconciled One Is Truly Vanquished
“A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.” -Friedrich Schiller, poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright (10 Nov 1759-1805)
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Thought For the Day: When Confidence In the Election Process Disappears, Confidence In the Legitimacy of Government Disappears With It
“The reason our democratic republic has functioned as well as it has for the past 231 years is because of our trust in the electoral process. When confidence in the election process disappears, confidence in the legitimacy of government disappears … Continue reading
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