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How #47:DonTheWannaBeDictator Treats Opposition And Friends

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 2, 2025| Leave a Comment »

The idea of painless, nonthreatening coercion is an illusion.  Fear is the inseparable companion of coercion, and its inescapable consequence.  If you think it your duty to make children do what you want, whether they will or not, then it follows inexorably that you must make them afraid of what will happen to them if they don’t do what you want.  You can do this in the old-fashioned way, openly and avowedly, with the threat of harsh words, infringement of liberty, or physical punishment.  Or you can do it in the modern way, subtly, smoothly, quietly, by withholding the acceptance and approval which you and others have trained the children to depend on;  or by making them feel that some retribution awaits them in the future, too vague to imagine but too implacable to escape.
  ―     John C. Holt
From:  “How Children Fail“
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Simple Rules For A Successful Life

Posted in Economics, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 5, 2025| 2 Comments »

How to have a successful life…
    —    you don’t have a lot of envy
    —    you don’t have a lot of resentment
    —    you don’t overspend your income
    —    you stay cheerful in spite of your troubles
    —    you deal with reliable people
    —    you do what you supposed to do
    —    Charlie Munger
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Point The Way

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , on November 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »

The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result.  He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up.  His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way.
    ––     Nikola Tesla
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To Trust Providence

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , on August 31, 2021| Leave a Comment »

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God’s providence to lead him aright.
    —     Blaise Pascal
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Trying To Keep On Keeping On

Posted in Health, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , on December 12, 2020| Leave a Comment »

To keep the body in good health is a duty …. otherwise we shall not be able to keep our minds strong and clear.
     —    Buddha
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A Defense Of Liberty

Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 26, 2019| Leave a Comment »

“We are not going to rule it out or in,” Nadler tells TIME.  “If our duty is to do it, we will do it.  If it’s not, we won’t.  Impeachment is not a punishment.  It is not a political act to say we think it’s a good idea to get rid of the President.  Impeachment is a defense of the Constitution, a defense of liberty.  It’s a very blunt sword that should only be drawn if absolutely necessary.  But it may be.”
    —    Representative Jerry Nadler
From an article written by:  Molly Ball (with reporting by:  Alana Abramson, Brian Bennett and Philip Elliott)
The article is titled:  “The Path To Impeachment“
The article appears in:  Time Magazine;  dtd:  25 March 2019
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Honor

Posted in Leadership, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 14, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Honor, as it is understood by cadets and those responsible for training them, is a fundamental attribute of character.  Its underlying principle is truth;  the cadet is truthful both by act and by implication.  The cadet honor code has, as its objective, fearless honesty in setting forth the truth regardless of consequences.  Quibbling, cheating, evasive statements or recourse to technicalities to conceal guilt or defeat the ends of justice are not tolerated.  The Corps of Cadets is responsible that all cadets meet the standards of the code.  Cadets are expected to adhere to the spirit of this code at all times and without reservation.
…recourse to technicalities to conceal guilt or defeat the ends of justice are not tolerated.  The assumption is clear:  it is that each man knows when he is guilty, knows when he quibbles and evades, knows what justice is.  Law is not a matter of procedure, evidence, extenuating circumstance, shades of gray.  It is Duty Honor Country, and those are plain enough.  A man knows when he has sinned.  He knows right from wrong.  American society may change its rules, the Supreme Court may make sociological law, but not West Point.  For an Army officer, morals and ethics do not change.
     —    Ward Just
From his book:  “Military Men“
[Honor – and the Code – which makes bullying, sexual assault and the cover-up of same at ANY of the military academies or while in active service particularly offensive to me.    —    kmab]
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Keeping Faith

Posted in Faith Family and Friends, My Journal, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , on October 9, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Let us have faith that right makes might;  and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
    —    President Abraham Lincoln
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Implications

Posted in Leadership, My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on June 18, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I believe that every right implies a responsibility;  every opportunity, an obligation;  every possession, a duty.
    —    kmab
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Fulfilling My Duty

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, tagged , , , , , , , on April 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »

It is a man’s duty to have books.  A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life.
    —    Henry Ward Beecher
[But at some point I have to start reading more of them…    —    kmab]
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