Benjamin Franklin - Thirteen Moral Virtues:
1. Temperance - Eat not to dullness. Drink not to elevation.
2. Silence - Speak not but what may benefit yourself or others. Avoid trifling conversation.
3. Order - Let all your things have their places. Let each part of your business have its time.
4. Resolution - Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve.
5. Frugality - Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself. Waste nothing.
6. Industry - Lose no time. Be always employ'd in something useful. Cut off all unnecessary actions.
7. Sincerity - Use no hurtful deceit. Think innocently and justly and if you speak, speak accordingly.
8. Justice - Wrong none by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
9. Moderation - Avoid extremes. Forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
10. Cleanliness - Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, clothes or habitation.
11. Tranquility - Be not disturbed at trifles or at accidents common or unavoidable.
12. Chastity - Rarely use venery but for health or offspring. Never to
dullness, weakness or the injury to other or your own peace or
reputation.
13. Humility - imitate Jesus and Socrates.
“So we’re bombing Syria because Syria is bombing Syria? And I’m the idiot?
“President Obama wants to do what, exactly? Punish evil acts in the
form of a telegraphed air strike on Syria to serve as a deterrent? If
our invasion of Iraq wasn’t enough of a deterrent to stop evil men from
using chemical weapons on their own people, why do we think this will
be?
“We have no clear mission in Syria…There’s no
explanation of what vital American interests are at stake there today
amidst yet another centuries-old internal struggle between violent
radical Islamists and a murderous dictatorial regime, and we have no
business getting involved anywhere without one.
“LET ALLAH SORT IT OUT”
~ Sarah Palin
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On Zachariah's GPS, Zbigniew Brzezinskisaid much the same thing about the Syrian affair, but said Obama's inept statements make it imperative we do strike.
