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Monday January 30th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“Once we start to worry too often and too deeply about what certain individuals and what certain groups think about us, then we might start selling our souls for the sake of expediency.” Otis Chandler, (1927-2006) Publisher of the Los…
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Friday January 27th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“You ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.” Alan Paton, (1903-1988) South African author, anti-apartheid activist. Source Reference Alan Paton Quote
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Thursday January 26th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“Fidelity to the public requires that the laws be as plain and explicit as possible, that the less knowing may understand, and not be ensnared by them, while the artful evade their force.” Samuel Cooke, (1709-1783) Pastor of the Second…
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Wednesday January 25th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives.” Dorothy Thompson, (1894-1961). Source: Ladies Home Journal, May 1958. Source Reference Dorothy Thompson Quote
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Tuesday January 24th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe … Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. – From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness…
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Monday January 23rd, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which one is true.” Nathaniel Hawthorne, (1804-1864) American writer. Source Reference Nathaniel Hawthorne Quote
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Friday January 20th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“Integrity is doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching.” Jim Stovall, (1958-) American writer, blind. Source Reference Jim Stovall Quote
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Thursday January 19th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.” Henry Clay, (1777-1852) U. S. Senator, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Source Reference Henry Clay Quote
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Wednesday January 18th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.” Abraham Lincoln, David Brin (1950- ) Author. Source Reference David Brin Quote
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Tuesday January 17th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people…
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Monday January 16th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“That frequent recurrence to fundamental principles, and a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, industry and frugality, are absolutely necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty, and keep government free. The people ought, therefore, to pay particular attention to these…
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Friday January 13th, 2017 in Prophetically Speaking“Over the 20th century, the federal government has assumed a vast and unprecedented set of powers. Not only has the exercise of those powers upset the balance between federal and state governments; run roughshod over individuals, families, and firms; and…
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