I cannot live without books. | |
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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led. | |
― President Thomas Jefferson | |
[I have always hoped to live up to this “bold” standard. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | We All Lose |
2016 | Wants |
2015 | Let Us Join |
2014 | Feeling Kept? |
Chillin’ | |
2013 | The Lucky Few |
2012 | A Post-Valentine’s Day Message |
2011 | Risk, Lyrics, Starting Over, And My Trip To The ER |
Lucky Choice | |
Posts Tagged ‘Thomas Jefferson’
My Hope
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Books, Fear, Knowledge, Philosophy, President Thomas Jefferson, Quotes, Reason, Thomas Jefferson, Truth on February 15, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The Great Leveler
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Albert Einstein, All Men Are Created Equal, Atticus Finch, Harper Lee, Philosophy, Quotes, Rockefeller, Supreme Court of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, To Kill A Mockingbird, Yankees on December 8, 2017| Leave a Comment »
“One more thing, gentlemen, before I quit. Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal, a phrase that the Yankees and the distaff side of the Executive branch in Washington are fond of hurling at us. There is a tendency in this year of grace, 1935, for certain people to use this phrase out of context, to satisfy all conditions. The most ridiculous example I can think of is that the people who run public education promote the stupid and idle along with the industrious — because all men are created equal, educators will gravely tell you, the children left behind suffer terrible feelings of inferiority. We know all men are not created equal in the sense some people would have us believe — some people are smarter than others, some people have more opportunity because they’re born with it, some men make more money than others, some ladies make better cakes than others — some people are born gifted beyond the normal scope of most men. | |
“But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal — there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein, and the ignorant man the equal of any college president. That institution, gentlemen, is a court. It can be the Supreme Court of the United States or the humblest J.P. court in the land, or this honorable court which you serve. Our courts have their faults, as does any human institution, but in this country our courts are the great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal. | |
“I’m no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system — that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality. Gentlemen, a court is no better than each man of you sitting before me on this jury. A court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up. I am confident that you gentlemen will review without passion the evidence you have heard, come to a decision, and restore this defendant to his family. In the name of God, do your duty.” | |
— Harper Lee | |
From her novel: “To Kill A Mockingbird“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Election + 1 Month |
2015 | Dance And Sing |
2014 | A Measuring Stick For Progress |
2013 | Courtly Love Or Victory Over Habit |
2012 | Have We Met? |
2011 | Efficiently Useless |
Chilled And Smooth
Posted in Quotes, tagged Being Cool, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson on September 28, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. | |
― Thomas Jefferson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | But Sometimes You Have To Stand In Front |
2015 | The Key Shift |
2014 | Remember ISIS / ISIL? |
2013 | What Have You Done Lately? |
2012 | B8 |
2011 | I’m Definitely Not In Control |
Duty
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Law, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Resistance, Thomas Jefferson on August 1, 2017| Leave a Comment »
When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. | |
― Thomas Jefferson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Still Gaining |
2015 | Filling Gaps |
2014 | Even In Our Sleep |
2013 | Passion Is Always Personal |
2012 | And You Are? |
2011 | Innate Talent |
A Cautionary Wish
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Check And Balances, Judicial Power, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson on May 25, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and executive, and independent upon both, that so it may be a check upon both. | |
— Thomas Jefferson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Slogging |
It’s About… | |
Man / Man | |
2015 | Memorial Day – 2015 |
Content People Love To Share | |
2014 | I Resemble That Remark |
2013 | Long Range Exploration |
2012 | UBI |
2011 | Opportunity |
Unseen Here, Too
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged Honesty, My Journal, Quotes, Riches, Thomas Jefferson, Wealth on May 6, 2017| Leave a Comment »
I have not observed men’s honesty to increase with their riches. | |
— Thomas Jefferson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Criticized Anyway |
2015 | Sometimes The Truth Hurts |
2014 | All Agreed, Say “Aye” |
2013 | Two Books, Two Movies |
Just Because | |
2012 | God’s Requirements |
2011 | Greater Purity |