Thomas G. West quotes
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“The founders of this nation understood that private morality is the fount from whence sound public policy springs. Replying to Washington's first inaugural address, the Senate stated: "We feel, sir, the force and acknowledge the justness of the observation that the foundation of our national policy should be lain in private morality. If individuals be not influenced by moral principles it is in vain to look for public virtue."”
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“From the earliest colonial days [in America], local governments took responsibility for their poor. However, able-bodied men and women generally were not supported by the taxpayers unless they worked.”
-- Thomas G. WestSource : Thomas G. West (2000). “Vindicating the Founders: Race, Sex, Class, and Justice in the Origins of America”, p.132, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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“The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap”
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Source : "AA Gill obituary" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. December 10, 2016.
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Source : A. H. Almaas (2000). “Diamond Heart: Book Three: Being and the Meaning of Life”, p.25, Shambhala Publications
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Source : A. C. Grayling (2009). “Liberty in the Age of Terror: A Defence of Civil Liberties and Enlightenment Values”, Bloomsbury Publishing
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Source : A.L. Kennedy (2010). “Original Bliss”, p.74, Random House
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Source : Aaron Copland (1980). “Music and Imagination”, p.43, Harvard University Press
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