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Worth repeating.(conservatism and family - maxims)(Brief Article)
In a free society, an individual's loyalties are to God, family, and country -- in that order. In a totalitarian society, obedience to the state eclipses all other allegiances.
-- William Norman Grigg (1994)
The time has come to establish the principle that children belong to the Republic before they belong to their parents.
-- Georges Jacques Danton Speech to the French convention (1791)
The family is more sacred than the state, and men are begotten not for the earth and for time, but for Heaven and eternity.
-- Pope Pius XI (1930)
The family could not actually be abolished, and, indeed, people were encouraged to be fond of their children in almost the old-fashioned way. The children, on the other hand, were systematically turned against their parents and taught to spy on them and report their deviations. The family had become in effect an extension of the Thought Police.
- Declaration of Dependence.(Books)
- Newspaper article from: Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, NM) December 3, 2000 700+ words
...painter Georgia O'Keeffe and photographer Alfred Stieglitz, scientists Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, historians Will and Ariel Durant, writers Anais Nin and Henry Miller, composers Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein, and the members of the Guarneri Quartet...
- TV gets real: Cable adaptations give nonfiction a jumpstart. (Book News).
- Magazine article from: Publishers Weekly Maas, John-Michael April 22, 2002 700+ words
...Each uses personal stories as a window on the larger American phenomenon. While less exacting than historians Will and Ariel Durant (though more accessible), together these programs represent a multifaceted examination that should jolt the brains of...
- The Story of Civilization puts 11-volume study on CD-ROM. (World Library Inc)...
- Magazine article from: Computer Shopper Gliedman, John July 1, 1995 700+ words
...historian Will Durant in the 27-minute video documentary that accompanies World Library's CD-ROM version of Will and Ariel Durant's The Story of Civilization. But when you consider that the Durants' classic work originally appeared in 11 massive volumes...
- 'Think Globally,' Rogel Says : Weyerhaeuser's chairman offers ways to capture...
- Magazine article from: Paperboard Packaging SCHULTZ, JACKIE December 1, 2001 700+ words
...based orientation. "The world is always changing," he says. "We must keep moving forward. As the historians Will and Ariel Durant observed, 'The future never just happened. It was created.'" Given the ongoing threat of terrorism, Rogel says companies...
- Of Russia with love.
- Magazine article from: The New Leader Shub, Anatole November 1, 2002 700+ words
...has performed a real feat of selection and compression--reminiscent of the multivolume universal histories by Will and Ariel Durant, and of Jacques Barzun's more recent From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life. Figes' 586 pages of...
- Plagiarized prof speaks out on Ambrose.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Heller, Karen January 18, 2002 700+ words
...with popular practitioners like Barbara Tuchman and Will and Ariel Durant. David McCullough's worshipful ``John Adams'' came...book about loss, what the war meant to those men and their families," he said gesturing to the secretary desk in his living...
- OSS CEO Reviews Lessons Learned From Open Source Intelligence, Global War on...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 30, 2004 700+ words
...term inter-agency and coalition campaign plan to survive, much less prosper. "LESSON 5: Transformation, as Will and Ariel Durant explain so well in their 'Lessons of History,' only happens in the mind, not in the bureaucracy. Not only will the bureaucracy...
- FULTON OURSLER, JR. NAMED EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF GUIDEPOSTS MAGAZINE
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 19, 1992 700+ words
...books and magazine articles, Oursler has been the editor of such literary lights as James Michener, Alex Haley, Will and Ariel Durant, and Thomas Fleming. "We're confident that, under Fulton's direction, Guideposts will continue to deliver the unique...
- An artist like 'a rock ripping bolts of lace'. (Robert Henri)
- Magazine article from: Smithsonian Berman, Avis May 1, 1984 700+ words
...different callings were Clifton Webb, Ariel Durant and Leon Trotsky. By the time Henri...gambler and real estate speculator. The family was living in Denver in late 1882 when...Fearing he would not be exonerated, the family left Colorado for the comparative anonymity...
- It's Tough, But Life Is Competition.(competitive strategies for businesses)
- Magazine article from: Electronic Design KMETOVICZ, RON October 4, 1999 700+ words
...If this seems too harsh, turn to Chapter 3 of Will and Ariel Durant's book, The Lessons of History. As individuals, we compete...We form groups to further enhance our ability to compete. Families make up the base group. From there, we join clubs, communities...
Source: HighBeam Research, Worth repeating.(conservatism and family - maxims)(Brief Article)