Quote of the Day: 7 January 2021 #QotD

“[O]nly the weak exhibit strength without an aim.” -G. K. Chesterton
[A good reminder that I should consider the purpose of any demonstration of force.]

Quote of the Day: 6 January 2021 #QotD

“Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever afterward resumes its liberty.” -Walt Whitman
[Let us hope, then, that it is not full and complete.]

Quote of the Day: 5 January 2021 #QotD

“Changing society doesn’t change the individual but changing the individual does change society.” -@MattsIdeaShop
[Even if only incrementally.]

Quote of the Day: 4 January 2021 #QotD

“[B]eing a good parent in the United States today means doing things differently from your neighbors.” -Leonard Sax
[Boy does it ever. Especially since each child is a distinct individual, and only vague generalities are going to apply to more than a few children.]

Quote of the Day: 3 January 2021 #QotD

“What better teaching could a parent provide for a child than that of following the prophets and building a sure foundation upon Jesus Christ?” -Dallas N. Archibald

Quote of the Day: 2 January 2021 #QotD

“A major problem in achieving and preserving a free society is precisely how to assure that coercive powers granted to government in order to preserve freedom are limited to that function and are kept from becoming a threat to freedom.” -Milton Friedman
[We had that fairly well balanced for a while. Now government has outsourced much of their totalitarianism to big business.]

Quote of the Day: 1 January 2021 #QotD

“You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.” -James Clear

[A good thing to keep in mind when making or working toward keeping resolutions.]