by E.O. | Apr 17, 2026 | Quotes and Quips
“This is a cheerful world as I see it from my garden under the shadows of my vines. But if I were to ascend some high mountain and look out over the wide lands, you know very well what I would see: brigands on the highway, pirates on the sea, armies fighting,...
by E.O. | Apr 16, 2026 | Quotes and Quips
“If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone...
by E.O. | Apr 15, 2026 | Quotes and Quips
“The economic record of slavery in general as a source of lasting economic development is unimpressive. Slavery was concentrated in the southern part of the United States and in the northern part of Brazil—and, in both cases, these remained the less prosperous and...
by E.O. | Apr 14, 2026 | Quotes and Quips
“There are two kinds of men who never amount to very much: Those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do nothing else.” – Cyrus H.K. Curtis
by E.O. | Apr 13, 2026 | Quotes and Quips
The three-part sermon: I will tell you what I’m going to tell you; I tell you; then I tell you what I told you. I appreciate the value of repetition and focus, but I prefer this three-part formula: I will tell you; then I will tell you the same thing in a...
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