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Thoreau Quote of the Day ...

Posted on Jan 26th, 2009 by Naumadd : Rationally Passionate Writer Naumadd

"There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and... More »

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All men are created unequal ...

Posted on Jan 19th, 2009 by Naumadd : Rationally Passionate Writer Naumadd

__________ What we mean by "all men are created equal" is all human beings ought to be treated with highest respect for the truth that no two men are created equal. Mutual respect for our... More »

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What does independence mean to you?

Posted on Jul 4th, 2008 by Naumadd : Rationally Passionate Writer Naumadd

The issue of "independence" is always a relative one. In the fullest meaning of the word, nothing in nature is or can be entirely independent. In fact, if anything at all were entirely "independent" of... More »

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When have you felt the most free?

Posted on Jun 13th, 2008 by Naumadd : Rationally Passionate Writer Naumadd

How we each measure our personal freedom is complex and highly individualized. We each define freedom differently and judge how much or how little we have of it according to that definition which, as it... More »

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Plain imaginings ...

Posted on Mar 24th, 2008 by Naumadd : Rationally Passionate Writer Naumadd

The issue could not be simpler: imagine all you hold dearest in this moment stripped from you in the next without the merest freedom to protest the stripping. Simply, imagine your life coming to an... More »

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If you could undo one rule, what would it be?

Posted on Mar 20th, 2008 by Naumadd : Rationally Passionate Writer Naumadd

If only one, I would undo the rule that says a voluntary "marriage" must be licensed and sanctioned by one's government and by one's culture. As I understand "marriage", genuine marriage, i.e., the voluntary and... More »

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Banned Books Week 2006

Posted on Sep 20th, 2006 by Naumadd : Rationally Passionate Writer Naumadd

One of my favorite human beings in history and a damned good thinker and writer, Benjamin Franklin, once said, " Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such... More »

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