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Monthly Archives: May 2018
Thought For the Day: Art Is the Elimination of the Unnecessary
“Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.” – Pablo Picasso, painter, and sculptor (1881-1973)
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First Principles: The States Retain All Rights Not Exclusively Delegated to the United States
“But as the plan of the convention aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the State governments would clearly retain all the rights of sovereignty which they before had, and which were not, by that act, EXCLUSIVELY delegated to … Continue reading
Casting Away Our Sins
Genesis Casting Away Our Sin by Michael Romani The Word of God is for His People All of us who gather in his steeple And so it is that we need again To adhere to remove our sins It doesn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Casting Away, Children of God, Compromise, Crown, Fulfillment, Grace, Inequity, Living History, Monuments, Pain, People, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Reality, Sins, Steeple, Word of God
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Assumption
Maybe it’s a matter of having a lot of gumption Or, maybe, that’s a positional set of assumptions That going to far is seldom far enough for some Whose brains a little more on comfortably numb Than actively engaged in … Continue reading
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Tagged Assumption, Daily Prompt, Dance, Deep Thinking, Dreams, Drinking, Gumption, Incomprehensible, Intense, Numb, Positions, Wallflower, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Share Your Knowledge So That Others May Illuminate Their Lives
“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.” – Margaret Fuller, author (23 May 1810-1850)
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First Principles: Justice Is the End of Government and Civil Society
“Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.” – James Madison, Federalist No. 51, … Continue reading
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Tagged Attain, Civil Society, End, Goal, Government, James Madison, Justice, Liberty, Lost
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If You Are Real
If You Are Real by Michael Romani Whispered words fluttered past my mind Now filled with wonder, I turned to find A curious blend of a bit of everything Of the things that make my heart sing I don’t say … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream, Friend, Heart, Kiss, Lover, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Real, Whisper, Wonder
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First Principles: The Safe Depository of Constitutional Powers Are the People
“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Arms Are For Hugs, Not Killing
“I like to say that arms are not for killing. They are for hugging.” – Betty Williams, peace activist, Nobel laureate (b. 22 May 1943)
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 