On May 16, 1843, one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri, set off for the Pacific Northwest, blazing what became known as the “Oregon Trail.”
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Oregon Trail
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La Rochefoucauld
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
La Rochefoucauld, Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales, (1665, 1678), 61st maxim.
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F. A. Hayek
A society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.
Friedrich August von Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty, p. 79
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Virginia for Independence
On May 15, 1776, the Virginia Convention instructed its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States’ Declaration of Independence.
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President Trump on the Term Limits Amendment:
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Constitution, huzzah?
On May 14, 1787, delegates convened a Constitutional Convention, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to write a new Constitution for the United States. George Washington presided over the convention.
On the same day a century later, Lysander Spooner — author of the pamphlets titled “The Constitution of No Authority” — died.
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Lose Weight Without Willpower or … Freedom
Many writers have made this joke. Including the contributor to this very site. But Remy turns it into a comedy video.
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Brazilian slavery
On May 13, 1888, Brazil abolished slavery with the passage of the Lei Áurea (“Golden Law”).
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La Rochefoucauld
Sincere enthusiasm is the only orator who always persuades. It is like an art the rules of which never fail; the simplest man with enthusiasm persuades better than the most eloquent with none.
La Rochefoucauld, Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales, (1665, 1678), eighth maxim.
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Axis in Africa
On May 12, 1943, Axis forces in North Africa surrendered.