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A Republic. If You Can Keep It…

Posted in Economics, General Comments, History, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 4, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Freedom is dangerous but it’s precious, too.  You can’t just throw it away or let it slip away.  You can’t sell it for bread and pottage.
    ―     Octavia E. Butler
From her book: “Parable of the Sower“
[The post title is the reputed answer Benjamin Franklin gave to someone who asked what type of government the United States had established.    —    kmab]
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American Democracy

Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , on April 19, 2025| 4 Comments »

Nothing in the world is worth turning one’s back on what one loves.
    —     Albert Camus
[And, yes, I know there will pedantic folks out there who say:  “America is not and has never been a ‘Democracy’.  We are a ‘Republic.’”  To which I respond:  “We the People” elect our representatives – some more directly elected than others.  Yes, we have never been a “perfect” Democracy.  BUT, we have consistently been striving – and voting – to get closer to one.    —    kmab]
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There’ll Be Lots To Criticize Over The Next Four Years

Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 8, 2024| 2 Comments »

Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive.
    ―     President John F. Kennedy
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Election Day +3

Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 8, 2024| 2 Comments »

[Please substitute the words “election cycle” for the original word “war” which appears in three places (in the quote which follows)…    —    kmab]
We may congratulate ourselves that this cruel war is nearing its end.
It has cost a vast amount of treasure and blood. . . .
It has indeed been a trying hour for the Republic;  but I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country.
As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.
I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war.
God grant that my suspicions may prove groundless.
    —     President Abraham Lincoln
The passage appears in a letter from Lincoln to (Col.) William F. Elkins, Nov. 21, 1864
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