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Thought For the Day: An Expert Is A Man Who Has Made All the Mistakes Which Can Be Made In A Very Narrow Field
“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.”– Niels Bohr, physicist, Nobel laureate (7 Oct 1885-1962)
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Thought For the Day: The Preservation of Freedom Is the Protective Reason For Limiting and Decentralizing Governmental Power
“The preservation of freedom is the protective reason for limiting and decentralizing governmental power. But there is also a constructive reason. The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or in literature, in industry or agriculture, … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: We are not just flesh, bone and blood, we are human beings with souls. Our republic was formed on the basis that freedom is not a gift from government but that freedom is a gift from God!
“We are not just flesh, bone and blood, we are human beings with souls. Our republic was formed on the basis that freedom is not a gift from government but that freedom is a gift from God!” – President Donald … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: He Serves His Party Best Who Serves the Country Best
“He serves his party best who serves the country best. “– Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th US president (4 Oct 1822-1893)
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Thought For the Day: We Are What We Repeatedly Do. Excellence, Then, Is Not An Act But A Habit
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle
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Thought For the Day: Leadership Is A Potent Combination of Strategy and Character. But, If You Must Be Without One, Be Without Strategy
“Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.” – General H. Norman Schwarzkopf (1934-2012)
Thought For the Day: Angry Answers Stir Up Men’s Passions, But Never Convince Their Judgments, Nor Set Truth In A Clear Light
“Angry answers stir up men’s passions, but never convince their judgments, nor set truth in a clear light.” – Matthew Henry (1662-1714)
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Thought For the Day: I Have Often Regretted My Speech, Never My Silence
“I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.” – Publilius Syrus (though often mistakenly attributed to Xenocrates or that that other great mind, “Anonymous”
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Thought For the Day: Freedom of Thought, Tolerance and Inclusion, Once the Foundational Principles of Liberalism, Have Been Replaced By Social Conditioning and Disdain For and Suppression of Opposing Views
“Freedom of thought, tolerance, and inclusion, once foundational principles of liberalism, have been replaced by social conditioning and disdain for, and suppression of, opposing views.” – The Heritage Foundation
Thought For the Day: Threatening A Temper Tantrum If One Does Not Get What One Wants Belies Any Pretense of Emotional Maturity or Basic Civil Decency
“Democratic leaders seem to have forgotten one of the principal lessons one ought to learn in kindergarten: Threatening a temper tantrum if one does not get what one wants belies any pretense of emotional maturity or basic civil decency.” – … Continue reading
