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Friday August 11th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“It was not the tycoons of big business, it was not the working classes, it was the intellectuals who reversed the trend toward political freedom and revived the doctrines of the absolute State, of totalitarian government rule, of the government’s…
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Thursday August 10th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.” Michel de Montaigne [Michel Eyquem De Montaigne], (1532-1592) French Renaissance scholar, philosopher, writer. Source Reference Michel de Montaigne Quote
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Wednesday August 9th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“Character is doing what’s right when nobody’s looking.” J. C. Watts, Jr., (1957- ) US Congressman from Oklahoma (R), former quarterback in the Canadian Football League. Source Reference J. C. Watts, Jr. Quote
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Tuesday August 8th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the left.” William O. Douglas, (1898-1980), U. S. Supreme Court Justice. Source: New York Times, 20 January 1980. Source Reference William…
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Monday August 7th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“Whenever we take away the liberties of those whom we hate, we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.” Wendell L. Willkie, (1892-1944) Republican presidential candidate, 1940. Source Reference Wendell L. Willkie Quote
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Friday August 4th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“Let the laws be clear, uniform and precise; to interpret laws is almost always to corrupt them.” Voltaire [François Marie Arouet], (1694-1778). Source Reference Voltaire Quote
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Thursday August 3rd, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“Tell me what are the prevailing sentiments that occupy the minds of your young peoples, and I will tell you what is to be the character of the next generation.” Edmund Burke, (1729-1797) Irish-born British statesman, parliamentary orator, and political thinker. Source Reference…
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Wednesday August 2nd, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“Knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.” Dr. Samuel Johnson, (1709-1784). Source Reference Dr. Samuel Johnson Quote
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Tuesday August 1st, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character.” Frederick W. Faber, (1814-1863) British hymn writer and theologian. Source Reference Frederick W. Faber Quote
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Monday July 31st, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.” Edmund Burk, (1729-1797) Irish-born British statesman, parliamentary orator, and political thinker. Source Reference Edmund Burke Quote
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Friday July 28th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790) US Founding Father. Source: Attributed. Source Reference Famous Benjamin Franklin Quote
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Thursday July 27th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“If a single writer in a country is in chains, then there are some links of that chain that binds us all.” Vaclav Havel, (1936- ) Czech playwright, essayist, former dissident and politician. 10th and last President of Czechoslovakia (1989-92), 1st…
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