Tag Archives: War

Thought For the Day: Politics Is War Without Bloodshed While War Is Politics With Bloodshed

Posted on March 25, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.” – Mao Tse-Tung (1893-1976)

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Thought For the Day: You May Not Be Interested In War, but War Is Very Interested In You

Posted on March 24, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“You may not be interested in war, but war is very interested in you.” – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi (1828-1910)

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First Principles: Whensoever Hostile Aggression…Requires A Resort To War, We Must Meet Our Duty and Convince the World That We Are Just Friends and Brave Enemies

Posted on March 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Whensoever hostile aggression…requires a resort to war, we must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies.” – Thomas Jefferson

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Thought For the Day: The Force Which Makes For War Does Not Derive Its Strength From the Interested Motives of Evil Men; It Derives Its Strength From the Disinterested Motives of Good Men

Posted on March 1, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The force which makes for war does not derive its strength from the interested motives of evil men; it derives its strength from the disinterested motives of good men.” -Norman Angell, lecturer, author, MP, and Nobel laureate (1872-1967)

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First Principles: The Republican Is the Only Form of Government Which Is Not Eternally At Open or Secret War With the Rights of Mankind

Posted on February 24, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.” – Thomas Jefferson (1790)

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First Principles: Be At War With Your Vices, At Peace With Your Neighbors, and Let Every New Year Find You A Better Person

Posted on December 31, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” ~ Benjamin Franklin

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Thought For the Day: The Constitution Does Not Require Complete Separation of Church and State; It Affirmatively Mandates Accommodation

Posted on December 27, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The concept of a ‘wall’ of separation between church and state is a … figure of speech. … The Constitution does not require complete separation of church and state; it affirmatively mandates accommodation, not merely tolerance, of all religions, and … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Soldier Above All Others Prays for Peace, For It Is the Soldier Who Must Suffer and Bear the Deepest Wounds and Scars of War

Posted on November 11, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” – Douglas MacArthur

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First Principles: If the Provisions of the Constitution Can Be Set Aside By An Act of Congress, Where Is the Course of Usurpation To End?

Posted on October 30, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“If the provisions of the Constitution can be set aside by an Act of Congress, where is the course of usurpation to end? The present assault upon capital is but the beginning. It will be but the stepping-stone to others, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Republican Is the Only Form of Government Which Is Not Eternally At Open Or Secret War With the Rights of Mankind

Posted on October 22, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.” – Thomas Jefferson (1790)

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