In God We Trust Blog » Book of the Month http://ingodwetrustblog.com Unifying America for Freedom's Cause Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:31:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Quotes from The Book of the Month http://ingodwetrustblog.com/book-of-the-month/quotes-from-the-book-of-the-month-6/ http://ingodwetrustblog.com/book-of-the-month/quotes-from-the-book-of-the-month-6/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:17:12 +0000 Joy Bischoff http://ingodwetrustblog.com/2008/06/29/quotes-from-the-book-of-the-month-6/ He had capitulated, that was agreed. In reality, as he saw now, he had been ready to capitulate long before he had taken the decision. From the moment when he was inside the Ministry of Love – and yes, even during those minutes when he and Julia had stood helpless while the iron voice from the telescreen told them what to do – he had grasped the frivolity, the shallowness of his attempt to set himself up against the power of the Party. He knew now that for seven years the Thought police had watched him like a beetle under a magnifying glass. There was no physical act, no word spoken aloud, that they had not noticed, no train of thought that they had not been able to infer. Even the speck of whitish dust on the cover of his diary they had carefully replaced. They had played sound-tracks to him, shown him photographs. Some of them were photographs of Julia and himself. Yes, even… He could not fight against the Party any longer. Besides, the Party was in the right. It must be so ; how could the immortal, collective brain be mistaken ? By what external standard could you check its judgements ? Sanity was statistical. It was merely a question of learning to think as they thought. Only – !

The pencil felt thick and awkward in his fingers. He began to write down the thoughts that came into his head. He wrote first in large clumsy capitals :

 

FREEDOM IS SLAVERY

 

1984 by George Orwell

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1984 by George Orwell

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There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always—do not forget this, Winston—always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face … for ever.

1984 by George Orwell —Part III, Chapter III

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]]> http://ingodwetrustblog.com/book-of-the-month/quotes-from-the-book-of-the-month-4/feed/ 2 Book of the Month Discussion http://ingodwetrustblog.com/book-of-the-month/book-of-the-month-discussion/ http://ingodwetrustblog.com/book-of-the-month/book-of-the-month-discussion/#comments Sat, 31 May 2008 15:40:05 +0000 Joy Bischoff http://ingodwetrustblog.com/2008/05/31/book-of-the-month-discussion/ For those who have read W. Cleon Skousen’s book, The 5,000 Year Leap, please share your thoughts and feelings over the weekend. Thank you.
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The Book of the Month for June is 1984 by George Orwell.

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The 5,000 Year Leap by W. Cleon Skousen

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]]> http://ingodwetrustblog.com/book-of-the-month/quotes-from-the-book-of-the-month-3/feed/ 1 Quotes from The Book of the Month http://ingodwetrustblog.com/book-of-the-month/quotes-from-the-book-of-the-month-2/ http://ingodwetrustblog.com/book-of-the-month/quotes-from-the-book-of-the-month-2/#comments Sun, 11 May 2008 05:22:48 +0000 Joy Bischoff http://ingodwetrustblog.com/2008/05/11/quotes-from-the-book-of-the-month-2/ In Europe, during the days of the Founders, it was very popular to proclaim that the role of the government was to take from the “haves” and give to the “have nots” so that all might be truly “equal”. However, the American Founders perceived that this proposition contained a huge fallacy.

The Founders recognized that the people cannot delegate to their government the power to do anything except that which they have the lawful right to do themselves.

The 5,000 Year Leap by W. Cleon Skousen

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As I studied Constitutional law, there was always a nagging curiosity as to why someone had not taken the time and trouble to catalogue the ingredients of the founding fathers phenomenal success formula so it would be less complex and easier to digest. It seemed incredible that these gems of political sagacity had to be dug out of obscurity by each individual doing it piecemeal and never really knowing for certain that the whole puzzle had been completely assembled…

As I talked to some of these enthusiastic new congressmen, it soon became apparent that their zeal was sincere and that any mistakes they might be making were the results of ignorance, not malicious intent. In fact, all of us belonged to a generation that had never been taught the clearcut, decisive principles of sound politics and economics enunciated by the founders. Somebody had apparently decided these were not very important any more.

The 5,000 Leap by w. Cleon Skousen

(Join us in reading this book for our May selection. We will discuss our insights the last two days of the month on the blog.)

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Our book for the month of June will be 1984 by George Orwell. Happy reading!

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]]> http://ingodwetrustblog.com/book-of-the-month/book-of-the-month/feed/ 5 Book of the Month April 2008 http://ingodwetrustblog.com/book-of-the-month/book-of-the-month-april-2008/ http://ingodwetrustblog.com/book-of-the-month/book-of-the-month-april-2008/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:40:36 +0000 Terrie Soberg http://ingodwetrustblog.com/2008/04/09/book-of-the-month-april-2008/ Note: I have added a link on the right sidebar so that we can easily access our Book of the Month discussions.

The 5,000-Year Leap – A Miracle that Changed the World by W. Cleon Skousen

To start us out, I am including an outline of the chapters of our book. Look under the Comments section.

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]]> http://ingodwetrustblog.com/book-of-the-month/book-of-the-month-april-2008/feed/ 6 Book of the Month Choice for April http://ingodwetrustblog.com/book-of-the-month/book-of-the-month-choice-for-april/ http://ingodwetrustblog.com/book-of-the-month/book-of-the-month-choice-for-april/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:54:46 +0000 Terrie Soberg http://ingodwetrustblog.com/2008/03/31/book-of-the-month-choice-for-april/ After looking at the suggestions submitted by our readers and recommendations in many of the comments to our blog posts, I’ve selected our first book:

The 5000 Year Leap: The 28 Great Ideas That Changed the World by W. Cleon Skousen

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According to the NCCS site, this book is designed to help the reader “Discover the 28 fundamental beliefs of the Founding Fathers which they said must be understood and perpetuated by every people who desired peace, prosperity, and freedom.” Glenn Beck praised this book highly after reading it.

Go ahead and get started reading! I will set up an area for our discussion and I will also be posting the book schedule for the remaining months in 2008.

If you don’t already own a copy, this book may be purchased at Amazon or from the National Center for Constitutional Studies or if you are really lucky, you can find it at your local library.

We look forward to sharing our thoughts and opinions with one another. Invite your family and friends to join us!

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