The Seven Cardinal Virtues which are of two parts; the Natural Virtues from classical Christian philosophy–Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, and Temperance–so elevated as to be described as that which “men can have nothing more profitable in life” (Wisdom 8:7) and the Theological Virtues consist of Faith, Hope, and Charity (as discussed by St. Paul in 1 Cor 13). The ancient Greeks considered Prudence the mother of all virtues–Prudence, being the chariot that drives the team of Justice, Fortitude, and Temperance.
“Honor is the prize of virtue.” as a life lived in a manner God intended with heaven as reward.
We need all seven of these virtues restored to full understanding and practice if we are to succeed in our endeavor.
WOW…Trump has transformed Washington DC
Water is flowing, memorials are shinning, and locals are out in DROVES 🔥
DC is proof you can fix a grungy crime ridden city - residents love it!
Muslims went crazy after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this:
"Radical Islam doesn’t want just a small caliphate in Iraq or Syria. They see the United States as the greatest evil on Earth and seek to dominate the entire West. Radical Islam is revolutionary, it wants endless expansion, terrorism, assassinations, and total control. They hate America, Europe, Israel, and every Muslim nation that partners with us. Orlando, Pensacola, and domestic attacks prove it.
Radical Islam is a clear and imminent threat to the world."
I agree with every single word he said.
In his Summa Theologiae, St Thomas Aquinas laid out one of the most charitable yet practical arguments concerning immigration that effectively shaped the West for almost 1,000 years.
1. Immigration must always be proportionate so that foreigners can properly assimilate into the culture and mode of worship of the state.
2. Citizenship – and associated rights – should only ever be granted after the third generation to preserve the culture, mode of worship, and constitution of the state.
3. The common good of the citizens must remain the highest priority of the state, meaning, the state's obligation to provide aid to its neighbours can never be at the expense of the citizens.
However, Aquinas ends with the sobering reminder that some peoples and states are incompatible with one another, and these must be held as "foes in perpetuity".
If there’s only one thing I want you to remember as someone who actually grew up in Iran, it’s this:
A bully only backs down when he faces a bigger bully.
Trump’s approach is messy, unconventional, and disruptive, but that’s exactly why it has a real chance of working. Because the regime itself is messy, unconventional, and disruptive.
This is not a normal government. It doesn’t play by any rules, and it doesn’t care about looking good or ethical.
Anyone who tries to act diplomatic or “proper” with them has already lost. For the mullahs, diplomacy has always just been a fancy word for lying, deceiving, and hiding their true intentions.
Now they’ve run into someone their old tricks don’t work on. Someone who flips the table whenever he feels like it, who doesn’t care about diplomatic etiquette, and who is completely unpredictable to them.
They can’t outsmart him like they used to. Messing with the lion’s tail this time could cost them dearly, because unlike Obama, Trump actually has his finger on the trigger, and unlike @netanyahu , nothing is holding him back.
Another reason his style seems so chaotic is that the global system and other powers have long benefited from keeping the status quo, a corrupt system that quietly protected the regime. Trump is breaking that old order apart.
For Trump, this whole negotiation and deal-making process is basically a soft war. It’s a deliberate strategy to gradually disarm and weaken the regime piece by piece, at minimum cost.
Even if a deal is reached, he won’t stop, He’ll continue until the regime is so eroded and weak that the Iranian people finally have a fair chance to confront and defeat it themselves.
It won’t happen overnight, but if you look at the direction things are going, the trend is clear.
President Trump knows exactly what he’s doing. He’s not performing for us. He’s taking massive risks with his political capital.
It’s a big gamble, yes, but it doesn’t mean it won’t work. And if one person can actually pull Iran out of this cancer, it’s him. No one else. Trust the man, trust the process.
When governments stop serving the common good of their people, after proper grievances have been ignored, time and time again – you leave the people no choice but revolt.
The uncomfortable truth is this. If, at election after election, for decade after decade, people keep voting for proper control of their country’s borders, and politicians keep ignoring or belittling them, it’s inevitable that some of those people will think: “Voting doesn’t work. And peaceful protest doesn’t seem to have much effect, either. So we need to find an alternative way to make politicians listen to us.” And that alternative, I’m afraid, is what we’ve seen in Belfast.
https://t.co/E1L4q8Oywp
🔥NIGHTMARE FUEL. The Belfast victim HAD HIS EYE REMOVED during the attempted beheading attack in Belfast.
“STOP PRETENDING EVERYTHING IS FINE. THEY’RE KILLING WHITE PEOPLE. They are raping white daughters & slaughtering white sons in the street.” -@JackPosobiec
Jack tells the story of a young girl in Bristol, UK taken by Afghans and brought to their home… plied with liquor and gang raped during Christmas.
He is right… they are targeting White people because they don’t respond but all that MAY BE CHANGING.. he discusses the VERY poignant moment in Ireland of Protestants and Catholics coming together against their common enemy.