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THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “The political liberty, of the subject, (separation of powers), is a tranquility of mind arising from the opinion each person has of [their] safety. In order to have this liberty. It is requisite the government be so constituted as one [person] need not to be afraid of another.” — Montesquieu BIRTHDAYS:…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject: the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime idea is due to the enterprise, thought, and perception of an individual.” — Alexander Fleming BIRTHDAYS: 1517 Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), born in…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “There are two methods, or means, and only two, whereby man’s needs and desires can be satisfied. One is the production and exchange of wealth; this is the economic means. The other is the uncompensated appropriation of wealth produced by others; this is the political means.” — Albert Jay Nock BIRTHDAYS:…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “The man whose public spirit is prompted altogether by humanity and benevolence, will respect the established powers and privileges even of individuals, and still more those of the great orders and societies, into which the state is divided. Though he should consider some of them as in some measure abusive, he…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.” — Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery BIRTHDAYS: 1591 Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish painter and printmaker. 1628 Charles Perrault, French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.” — Frederick Douglass BIRTHDAYS: 1800 Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist who developed the dynamo principle. 1853 Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter, founded National Gallery of Athens. 1870 Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor. 1872 George Washington Pierce, American physicist who pioneered electrical communication (crystal oscillator…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Aristotle said that some people were only fit to be slaves. I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no men fit to be masters.” — C.S. Lewis BIRTHDAYS: 1683 Gasparo Visconti, Italian composer and violinist, born in Cremona, Duchy of Milan, Holy Roman Empire. Sonata in…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “The slaves of socialism are slaves, but they are no one’s property and therefore no one’s loss.” — George Reisman BIRTHDAYS: 1620 Johann Weichmann, German organist, and sacred and secular music composer (Sorgen-Lägerin), born in Wolgast, Pomerania. Rede eines verstorbenen Jünglings aus dem Grabe 1658 Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor. 1674 Reinhard…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.” — Ambrose Bierce BIRTHDAYS: 1683 Johann Christoph Graupner, German harpsichordist and Baroque composer, born in Hartmannsdorf, Electorate of Saxony. From Cantata “Liebster Gott vergisst du mich!”-Est ist genug, and Triosonate in…