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THOUGHT POLICE -- THOUGHTFULNESS
THOUGHTLESS --- THREATEN --- THRIFT

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THOUGHT POLICE

see: "POLITICAL CORRECTNESS"


[Winston Smith] 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.
--George Orwell [Eric Blair] (1903—1950)
English novelist.
_Nineteen Eighty-Four_ [1949], Ch. 3, Section IV



THOUGHTFULNESS

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see "KINDNESS" for related links


Somebody's Mother
Mary D. Brine

The woman was old, and ragged, and gray,
And bent with the chill of a winter's day;
The streets were white with a recent snow,
And the woman's feet were aged and slow.

At the crowded crossing she waited long,
Jostled aside by the careless throng
Of human beings who passed her by,
Unheeding the glance of her anxious eye.

Down the street, with laughter and shout,
Glad in the freedom of "school is out,"
Came happy boys, like a flock of sheep,
Hailing the snow piled white and deep,
Past the woman, so old and gray,
Hasten the children on their way.

None offered a helping hand to her,
So weak and timid, afraid to stir,
Lest the carriage wheels or the horse's feet
Should trample her down in the slippery street.

At last came out of the merry troop
The gayest boy of all the group;
He paused beside her, and whispered low,
"I'll help you across, if you wish to go."

Her aged hand on his strong young arm
She placed, and so without hurt or harm,
He guided her trembling feet along,
Proud that his own were firm and strong;
Then back again to his friends he went,
His young heart happy and well content.

"She's somebody's Mother, boys, you know,
For all she's aged, and poor, and slow,
And some one, some time, may lend a hand,
To help my mother--you understand?
If ever she's poor, and old, and grey,
And her own dear boy so far away."

Somebody's mother bowed low her head,
In her home that night, and the prayer she said
Was: "God be kind to the noble boy,
Who is somebody's son, and pride and joy."

Faint was the voice, and worn and weak,
But heaven lists when its chosen speak;
Angels caught the faltering word,
And "Somebody's Mother's" prayer was heard.





THOUGHTLESS

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improvident im-PROV-uh-duhnt; -dent, adjective:
Lacking foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or
providing for the future; negligent or thoughtless.
Ex: "Elizabeth's husband . . . had been a reckless,
improvident man, who left many debts behind him
when he died suddenly of a consumption in
September 1704."
--David Nokes _Jane Austen: A Life_

vacuous [VAK-yoo-uhs], adjective:
1. showing no intelligence or thought
2. having no meaning or direction; empty



THREATEN

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We have advised the Europeans that the Americans are far away, but you
are the neighbors of the nations in this region. We inform you that the nations
are like an ocean that is welling up, and if a storm begins, the dimensions
will not stay limited to Palestine, and you may get hurt. It is in your own
interest to distance yourself from these criminals (Israel). . . . This is an
ultimatum.
--Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [20 October 2006]

Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in the
execution of them. In springing a mine, that which has done the
most extensive mischief makes the smallest report; and again,
if we consider the effect of lightning, it is probable that he that
is killed by it hears no noise; but the thunderclap which follows,
and which most alarms the ignorant, is the surest proof of their
safety.
--C.C. Colton (1780—1832)
English clergyman and writer.

Are we to be trampled under foot by the boots of
America simply because we are a weak nation and
have no dollars? ... Let the American President
know that in the eyes of the Iranian people he is the
most repulsive member of the human race today
because of the injustice he has imposed on our
Moslem nation. Today the Koran has become his
enemy, the Iranian nation has become his enemy.
Let the American government known that its name
has been ruined and disgraced in Iran ... All of our
troubles today are caused by America and Israel.
Israel itself derives from America; these deputies and
ministers that have been imposed upon us derive
from America — they are all agents of America, for
if they were not, they would rise up in protest.
--Ruhollah Khomeini (1900?—1989)
Iranian Shiite cleric who led the revolution
that overthrew Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
in 1979 and who was Iran's ultimate political
and religious authority for the next 10 years {EB}.
Speech [27 October 1964],
in M.J. Cohan and John Major {eds.}
_History in Quotations_ [2004] p. 939.
Cohan & Major explain:
The Shi'ia fundamentalist Iranian religious leader
Khomeini was exiled from Iran after making this
inflammatory speech. His return in 1978 sparked
the revolution that forced out the Shah in Jan.
1979 and put American interests under immediate
threat.

Whether you like it or not, history is
on our side. We will bury you.
--Nikita Khrushchev (1894—1971)
Soviet statesman, Premier [1958—1964].
Speech to Western diplomats, Moscow [18 November 1956].

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What art thou? Have not I
An arm as big as thine? A heart as big?
Thy words, I grant, are bigger, for I wear not
My dagger in my mouth.
--William Shakespeare (1564—1616)
English dramatist.


If thou but frown on me, or stir thy foot,
Or teach thy hasty spleen to do me shame,
I'll strike thee dead. Put up thy sword betime,
Or I'll so maul you and your toasting-iron,
That you shall think the devil has come from hell.
--William Shakespeare (1564—1616)
English dramatist.

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Commonly they use their feet for defense,
whose tongue is their weapon.
--Sir Philip Sidney (1554—1586)
English courtier, statesman, soldier, and poet.

[Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton):]
I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too.
--"The Wizard Of Oz" [1939]
Screenplay by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf.

It is useless to threaten a strong man — he
will ignore you. It is dangerous to threaten
a weak man — he will kill you if he can.
--John Woodgate

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I have a catapult. Give me all your money, or
I will fling an enormous rock at your head.
--anon.

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bellicose (adj.) ['be-lê-kos]
Threatening war, making highly aggressive gestures.

minatory [MIN-uh-tor-ee], adjective:
Threatening; menacing.
Ex.: He was often observed peeping through the bars of
a gate and making minatory gestures with his small
forefinger while he scolded the sheep with an inarticulate
burr, intended to strike terror into their astonished minds.
--George Eliot,
_The Mill on the Floss_



THRIFT

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see "MONEY" for related links


It is thrifty to prepare today for
the wants of tomorrow.
--Æsop (c.620 B.C.—c.560 B.C.)
(Thought to be a legendary figure.)
_Æsop's Fables_
"The Dog in the Manger"

Economy is a savings-bank, into which men
drop pennies, and get dollars in return.
--Josh Billings [Henry Wheeler Shaw] (1818—1885)
American humorist.

I knew, once, a very covetous, sordid fellow,
who used frequently to say, 'Take care of
the pence; for the pounds will take care of
themselves.'
--Lord Chesterfield [Philip Dormer Stanhope] (1694—1773)
British writer and politician.
Letter to His Son [6 November 1747].

How large an income is thrift!
--Marcus Tullius Cicero (106—43 BC)
Roman orator and statesman.
"Paradoxa stoicorum," 6. tr. H. Rackham [1942]

He that, when he should not, spends
too much, shall, when he would not,
have too little to spend.
--Owen Feltham (c. 1610—c. 1678)
English religious writer.

For Age and Want, save while you may;
No Morning Sun lasts a whole Day.
--Benjamin Franklin (1706—1790)
American politician, inventor, and scientist.
"The Way of Wealth," [7 July 1757]

A penny save is a penny earned.
--Thomas Fuller (1608—1661)
English churchman and historian.
"The Worthies of England" [1662]

Frugality, when all is spent, comes too late.
--Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 B.C.— 65 A.D.)
Roman philosopher and poet.

It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough,
that she never put dots over her i's, to save ink.
--Horace Walpole (1717—1797)
English writer and connoisseur.
Letter to Sir Horace Mann [4 October 1785].


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