A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

We must act upon the motto of all for each and each for all. There must be ever present in our minds the fundamental truth that in a republic such as ours the only safety is to stand neither for nor against any man because he is rich or because he is poor, because he is engaged in one occupation or another, because he works with his brains or because he works with his hands. We must treat each man on his worth and merits as a man. We must see that each is given a square deal, because he is entitled to no more and should receive no less.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Speech (1903-09-07), “The Square Deal,” Labor Day, New York State Agricultural Association, New York State Fair, Syracuse

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“There is such a thing as #merit, in the sense that some people are much better at their #jobs than others … But it’s not something which the #interview and #recruitment processes of professional and managerial jobs are set up to measure, at all” open.substack.com/pub/backofmi...

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🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

SN 1.51 Jarāsutta: Old Age

“What’s still good in old age?…”

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Vv 3.9 Visālakkhī Sutta: Mansion of the Beautiful-Eyed Goddess

“Tell us, what meritorious deed have you done to gain this beauty?…”

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https://www.fogolf.com/1110206/deane-beman-award-will-go-to-maccurrach-family-at-celebration-of-golf/ Deane Beman Award will go to MacCurrach Family at Celebration of Golf #Contests #Ferry #florida #Golf #GolfCourses #Korn #KornFerryTour #LPGA #Merit #MeritPrizesU0026Contests #news #of #overall #OverallPositive #pga #PgaTour #Positive #prizes #SOUTH #sports #SportsNews #Tour #u0026 #University #UniversityOfSouthFlorida #women's #WomensSports

Hype for the Future 27B: Interest Groups to Thank

The novaTopFlex community shall thank—and designate this post to—all the existing and future volleyball 🏐 and basketball 🏀 athletes in the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota.

The effects of unfinished momentum
🧐"nations move ahead when #institutions broaden #participation, reward capability, & maintain predictability. National progressions slow when decision-making narrows, when #talent waits for permission, & when #opportunity depends more on personal connection than on #merit.. #Prosperity is not a gift of history; it's a commitment to institutional design. #Countries tt renew their systems rise; those tt hesitate find tt others pass by" 🇹🇭 🇸🇬
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/3133138/the-effects-of-unfinished-momentum

“Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you are good, bad things can still happen. And if you are bad, you can still be lucky.” — Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible
#QOTD #BarbaraKingsolver #Quotation #Merit #NoKarma #Quote #Luck

https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/quote-of-the-day-5342/

🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

AN 5.34 Sīha Sutta: To General Sīha (On Giving)

“A fruit of giving visible in the here & now?…”

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https://www.wacoca.com/life/308238/ 【1000円のラメラ構造シャンプー】メリット『オソロ』新登場！ジ・アンサーで話題の最新技術と皮脂選択洗浄剤「バイオIOS」が融合！メリット起死回生なるか。 #Conditioner #merit #Shampoo #かずのすけ #コスメ #コンディショナー #シャンプー #スキンケア #ヘアケア #メリットシャンプー #ラメラ構造技術 #化粧品 #成分解析 #敏感肌 #美容 #花王

@TomSullivan By no means am I a fan of his, but when I listened to what he said, I didn’t get the impression that he wanted #women out. He said they should be included based on #merit, not #gender. I welcome your opinion — please explain what I missed.

#Trump repeated the message that #Hegseth touted earlier—that the #military will no longer be "politically correct."

"Merit. Everything's based on *#merit* [loyalty to the Supreme Leader]. You're all based on merit. We're not going to have somebody taking your place for political reasons [🤣] because, they are politically correct & you're not," Trump said.

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White House considers #funding advantage for #colleges that align with #Trump policies

The proposal could potentially transform the government’s vast #research funding operation, which has long awarded #university #grants based on #scientific #merit.

#education #HigherEducation #BrainDrain
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/09/28/trump-university-research-grants-funding-preference/

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

Where the environment is stupid or prejudiced or cruel, it is a sign of merit to be out of harmony with it.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 9 “Fear of Public Opinion” (1930)

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🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

SN 3.25 Pabbatūpamasutta: The Simile of the Mountain

“It was coming this way, crushing all creatures……”

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🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

SN 3.22 Ayyikāsutta: Grandmother

“If by giving away the whole country I could get my grandmother back, I’d do it.…”

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🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

SN 1.3 Upanīya Sutta: The Discourse About Life That Is Led on Towards Death

“One who sees this … should drop the world’s bait.…”

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#merit : in a good sense: the quality or state of deserving well

- French: mérite

- Italian: merito

- Portuguese: mérito

- Spanish: mérito

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So here is more for you @geriruth

At the end of this speech to teachers, #Baldwin restated the thesis in these words, more frequently quoted:

"I began by saying that one of the paradoxes of education was that precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience, you must find yourself at war with your society. It is your responsibility to change society if you think of yourself as an educated person."

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"The paradox of education is precisely this — that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated. The purpose of education, finally, is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions, to say to himself this is black or this is white, to decide for himself whether there is a God in heaven or not. To ask questions of the universe, and then learn to live with those questions, is the way he achieves his own identity. But no society is really anxious to have that kind of person around. What societies really, ideally, want is a citizenry which will simply obey the rules of society."

James Baldwin to teachers in 1963: https://richgibson.com/talktoteachers.htm

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