Prophetically Speaking
Prophetically Speaking…
Wednesday May 14th, 2025 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!” Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790) US Founding Father. Source Reference Benjamin Franklin Quote
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Tuesday May 13th, 2025 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to “create” rights. Rather they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.” Justice William J. Brennan, (1906-1997) U. S. Supreme Court…
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Monday May 12th, 2025 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“Complaints are every where heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens, equally the friends of public and private faith, and of public and personal liberty, that our governments are too unstable; that the public good is disregarded in the…
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Friday May 9th, 2025 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“At the foundation of our civil liberties lies the principle that denies to government officials an exceptional position before the law and which subjects them to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen.” Justice Louis D. Brandeis, (1856-1941) US Supreme…
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Thursday May 8th, 2025 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“The only shape in which equality is really connected with justice is this — justice presupposes general rules. If these general rules are to be maintained at all, it is obvious that they must be applied equally to every case which satisfies their terms.” James Fitzjames…
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Wednesday May 7th, 2025 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks.” Thomas Bailey Aldrich, (1836-1907). Source: Ponkapog Papers, 1903. Source Reference Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quote
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Tuesday May 6th, 2025 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“Never trust governments absolutely and always do what you can to prevent them from doing too much harm.” John Arthur Passmore, (1914-2004) Australian philosopher. Source Reference John Arthur Passmore Quote
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Monday May 5th, 2025 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“A government resting on the minority is an aristocracy, not a republic, and could not be safe with a numerical and physical force against it, without a standing army, an enslaved press and a disarmed populace.” James Madison, (1751-1836), Father of the…
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Friday May 2nd, 2025 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“The Press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of the government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent…
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Thursday May 1st, 2025 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” George Orwell, [Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950) British author. Source Reference George Orwell Quote
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Wednesday April 30th, 2025 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“No mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand [television].” Fred W. Friendly, (1915-1998) former president of CBS News, creator with Edward R. Murrow of the documentary television program ‘See…
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Tuesday April 29th, 2025 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“The press is hostile to the idea of liberty. Most people in the press are for big government. Most people think that the solution to anything, whether it’s health care problems, education, whatever it is – it’s got to be more government.” Harry Browne, (1933-2006)…
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