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First Principles: A Good Government Is Wise and Fiscally Responsible To Its Citizens
“A wise and frugal government … shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has … Continue reading
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Tagged Bread, Earnings, First Principles, Frugal, Government, Industry, Labor, Restraint From Injury, Thomas Jefferson, Wise
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Thought For the Day: The Beauty of A Garden Does Not Require Magic
“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?” -Douglas Adams, writer, dramatist, and musician (11 Mar 1952-2001) True enough, Mr. Adams, but why ruin … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful, Douuglas Adams, Enough, Fairies, Garden, Magic, See, Thought For the Day
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No Substitutions Acceptable
No Substitutions Acceptable by Michael Romani Substituted something instead of Christ Faithless cults to say that to be precise Never quiet knowing or ever really getting That Christ is our indwelling never regretting His is the truth and His is … Continue reading
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Tagged Atonement, Bible, Christ, Commandment, Compassion, Cults, Eternal, Faithless, Grace, Holy Word, Indwelling, Light, Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Simple Lesson, Substitutions, Talk, Traces, Truth, Understanding, Walk
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Meander
It is the cool, clear waters of springtime The remind us of that warmer, safer clime All of those cherished places and faces That have left their many warm traces Helping to form just who we have become Treasured by … Continue reading
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Tagged Account, Bend, Clime, Collection, Daily Prompt, Dream, Form, Lives, Meander, Ripple, Springtime, Stream, Sun, Traces, Treasure, Warmth, Waters, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Laws Are Like Cobwebs
“Laws are like cobwebs which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” – Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
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Tagged Breakthrough, Cobwebs, Corruption, Hornets, Jonathan Swift, Laws, Small Flies, Wasps
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First Principles: A Good Government Supports Education and the Spread of Knowledge and Wisdom
“A nation under a well regulated government, should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support.” – Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1792
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Tagged Aristrocratic, Education, First Principles, Good Governance, Ignorance, Nation, Rights of Man, Thomas Paine
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Dunkirk Evacuation
Dunkirk Evacuation by Michael Romani Trapped at the water’s edge Pushed to the continental ledge Praying for deliverance Barely hanging on through perseverance Desperate for a needed miracle Brave men pushed to edge of being hysterical That what I saw … Continue reading
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Tagged Beach, Continent, Deliverance, Dunkirk, Evacuation, Heroes, Hope, Miracle, Perservance, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Port, Retreat, World War
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Suddenly
Suddenly, I have found the truth of your emotions Instantly disregarding all of my previous notions What I thought were charms were ill founded potions Weaving your dark magic like only so much commotion With a few words from your … Continue reading
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Tagged Catfish, Chance, Chemistry, Commotion, Daily Prompt, Doubt, Emotions, Mystery, Notions, Online Romance, Potions, Suddenly, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: You Become Responsible Forever For What You Have Tamed
“And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author and aviator (1900-1944)
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Tagged Allegory, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Forever, Fox, Little Prince, Remember, Responsibile, Tamed, Thought For the Day, Truth
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First Principles: Each Branch of Government Is Co-Equal In Interpreting the Constitution
“My construction of the constitution is very different from that you quote. It is that each department is truly independent of the others, and has an equal right to decide for itself what is the meaning of the constitution in … Continue reading
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Tagged Branches, Consitution, Construction, Equal, First Principles, Independence, Thomas Jefferson
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 