Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: I’ve Got A Right To Say and Believe Anything I Please, But, I Haven’t A Right To Press It On Anybody Else

Posted on July 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“I believe there is a limit beyond which free speech cannot go, but it’s a limit that’s very seldom mentioned. It’s the point where free speech begins to collide with the right to privacy. I don’t think there are any … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Out of Every Crisis, Every Tribulation, Every Disaster, Mankind Rises With Some Share of Greater Knowledge, of Higher Decency and of Purer Purpose

Posted on July 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Out of every crisis, every tribulation, every disaster, mankind rises with some share of greater knowledge, of higher decency and of purer purpose.” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Thought For the Day: The Declaration of Independence Is the Ring-Bolt To the Chain of Our Nation’s Destiny…the Principles Contained In That Instrument Are Saving Principles

Posted on July 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“I have said that the Declaration of Independence is the ring-bolt to the chain of your nation’s destiny. … The principles contained in that instrument are saving principles.” – Frederick Douglass

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Thought For the Day: The Only Place Success Comes Before Work Is In the Dictionary

Posted on July 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vince Lombardi, former Green Bay Packers coach

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Thought For the Day: The Propagandist’s Purpose Is To Make One Set of People Forget That Certain Other Sets of People Are Human

Posted on July 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.” – Aldous Huxley, novelist (26 Jul 1894-1963) Perhaps all of America and the world needs to learn from this that the … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: This Is the Issue of This Election: Whether We Believe In Our Capacity For Self-Government

Posted on July 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It’s time we asked ourselves if we still know the freedoms intended for us by the Founding Fathers. James Madison said, ‘We base all our experiments on the capacity of mankind for self-government.’ This idea that government was beholden to … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: There’s No Money In Poetry, But, Then There’s No Poetry In Money Either

Posted on July 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“There’s no money in poetry, but then there’s no poetry in money, either.” – Robert Graves, poet and novelist (24 Jul 1895-1985)

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Thought For the Day: Today’s Far Left Is Not Interested In Winning Debates With Better Arguments – They Prefer To Shut Down Debate Altogether

Posted on July 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Today’s far left is not interested in winning debates with better arguments — they prefer to shut down debate altogether.” – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Say no to violent, Marxism touting the slogan Black Lives Matter to the exclusion … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The People Who Get On In This World Are the People Who Get Up and Look For the Circumstances They Want and If They Can’t find them, Make Them

Posted on July 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Man Who Has Begun To Live More Seriously Within Begins To Live More Simply Without

Posted on July 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without.” – Ernest Hemingway, author, journalist, Nobel laureate (21 Jul 1899-1961)

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