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First Principles: Dependence Begets Subservience
“Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781) The entitlement programs of America have come to be taken for granted. And now, as we watch … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambition, Dependence, First Principles, Subservience, Thomas Jefferson, Tools, Venality, Virtue
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Religio Medici – Sir Thomas Browne
Religio Medici, or, The Religion of A Doctor is the spiritual testament of Sir Thomas Browne and an example of early psychological self-portrait in words. This work became a European best seller. An interesting side discussion within this work is … Continue reading
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Tagged Harvard Classics, Protestantism, Religio Medici, Sola Fide, Spiritual Testament, Theology, Thomas Browne, Virtue
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Thought For the Day: Do Not Wait For Perfection To Follow Your Heart
“Nothing would be done at all, if a man waited till he could do it so well, that no one could find fault with it.” – Cardinal John Henry Newman One of the concerns faced by many this day is … Continue reading
First Principles: Our Values Must Be Guarded By All Vigilant Citizens
“It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Civil Rights, First Principles, Mercy Warren, Necessity, Religious Rights, Reponsibility, Tyranny, Vigilence, Virtue, We The People
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First Principles: Freedom Is Kept Through Virtue and Knowledge
“If Virtue & Knowledge are diffus’d among the People, they will never be enslav’d. This will be their great Security.” – Samuel Adams, in a Letter to James Warren (February 12, 1779) That is perhaps the striking oddity of so … Continue reading
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First Principles: Be A Person of Integrity Always
“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.” – George Washington
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First Principles: Well Thought Out Morals, Actions and Policies Lead to The Best Outcomes
“There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.” —George … Continue reading
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Tagged Advantage, Duty, Felicity, George Washington, Happiness, Indissoluble, Intergrity, Prosperity, Rewards, Union, Virtue, Well Thought Out
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First Principles: A Flourishing Nation Depends On Virtue
“It is certainly true that a popular government cannot flourish without virtue in the people.” – Richard Henry Lee (1786), Signer of the Declaration of Independence and President of the Continental Congress
First Principles: Let Us Be A People of Virtue
“He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of this country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power and influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office … Continue reading
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First Principles: Republics Are Lost When Flattery Is Favored Over Truth
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, … Continue reading →