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“In their moral justification, the argument of the lesser evil has played a prominent role. If you are confronted with two evils, the argument runs, it is your duty to opt for the lesser one, whereas it is irresponsible to refuse to choose altogether. Its weakness has always been that those who choose the lesser…

“If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.” ― Buddha BIRTHDAYS: 1879 Peter Van Anrooy, Dutch conductor and composer. Piet Hein Rhapsodie. MISCELLANY: FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE: Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth RELATED. Nuremberg Code Yes, the following is the website for…

“Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.” ― George S. Patton Jr. BIRTHDAYS: 1686 Silvius Leopold Weiss, German composer and lutenist. Suonata B flat major MISCELLANY: FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE: Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth RELATED. Nuremberg Code Yes, the…

“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, youdon’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is notdoing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, orless sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we haveproblems with our friends or family, we blame the otherperson. But if we know how to…

“One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” ― Milton Friedman BIRTHDAYS: 1684 Jean-Antoine Watteau, French Rococo painter 1700 Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor 1713 Johann Ludwig Krebs, German organist and composer. Prelude and Fugue in C major 1738 Benjamin West, Anglo-American painter 1813 Giuseppe Verdi, Italian…

“Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.” ― Frederic Bastiat BIRTHDAYS: 1585 Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer. Lobe dem Herren 1626 John Ferrabosco, composer. Four-Note…

“A wounded tiger is a dangerous beast.” ― Arthur Golden BIRTHDAYS: 1551 Giulio Caccini, Italian composer, violist, tenor, and teacher. Tu ch’ai le penne amore, and Amor ch’attendi 1868 Max Slevogt, German painter 1869 J. Frank Duryea, American inventor (Duryea Motor Wagon Company, first auto built in the US) 1893 Orovida Camille Pissarro, British painter…

“The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.” ― Aldous Huxley BIRTHDAYS: 1698 Henri Madin, French composer. Te Deum For The Victories of Louis XV 1798 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French musical instrument inventor, luthier and violin maker (Octobass) 1821 William Still, African-American abolitionist, businessman and…

“You can’t tax your way to a balanced budget without tanking the job creation that actually generates tax receipts.” ― Matt Kibbe BIRTHDAYS: 1866 Reginald Fessenden, Canadian-American inventor and radio pioneer. 1882 Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer. Prélude Op. 1 Nr. 1 1914 Thor Heyerdahl, Ethnographer, Archaeologist and Explorer. 1950 David Brin, American sci-fi…

“Decentralized means learning cannot easily be curtailed by autocratic governments and is considerably more immune to socioeconomic upheaval.” ― Peter H. Diamandis BIRTHDAYS: 1590 Johann Schop, German composer and violinist. Nasce la pena mia, and Lachrimae Pavan from Uitnemend Kabinet, Amsterdam, 1649. 1684 Johann Jacob de Neufville, German composer. Ciacona 1712 Francesco Guardi, Italian painter…