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First Principles: A Key Duty of the Executive Is To Promote Unity
“The ingredients which constitute energy in the Executive are, first, unity…” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Paper, Number 70
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Thought For the Day: All Children – Born and Unborn – Are Made In the Holy Image of God
“Let us work together to build a culture that cherishes innocent life. And let us reaffirm a fundamental truth: All children — born and unborn — are made in the holy image of God.” – Donald Trump
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Tagged All Children, Born, Build, Cherish, Culture, Donald Trump, Fundamental Truth, God, Holy Image, Innocent Life, Thought For the Day, Together, Unborn, Us
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Your Knight and Vagabond
Conversation starter kept on a echo of same things said. Mostly, I suppose cause it’s what’s stuck in my head lately. How does one move beyond square one when to move requires another to have the confidence needed to make … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Belong, Connection, Dance, Drama, Faith, Fear, Find, Future, Good Enough, Hand, Hard, Home, Hope, Knight, Know, Light On, Love, New World, North Star, Pain, Perfection, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Reason, Shadow, Side By Side, Sorrow, Sorry, Special, Step, Story Book, Strength, Strong, Sympathy, Together, Tomorrow, Truth, Vagabond, Wish
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First Principles: Justice, Humanity and Christianity Demand the End of All Slavery
“Justice and humanity require it [the end of slavery] – Christianity commands it. Let every benevolent . . . pray for the glorious period when the last slave who fights for freedom shall be restored to the possession of that … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, End, First Principles, Freedom, Humanity, Justice, Noah Webster, Pray, Right, Slavery
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Thought For the Day: If You Want Friends, First Be A Friend
“I went out to find a friend and could not find one there. I went out to be a friend and friends were everywhere.” – Coach Bronner
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Tagged Be A Friend, Coach Bronner, Everywhere, Find, Friend, Handle, Moment, Thought For the Day
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It All Began With A Mouse
In many ways, I think I was fortunate in how I grew up. I had many blessings. One of these was that I must have visited Disneyland at least 100 times back when the park could be seen from main … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessing, Bridge, Candy Shop, Castle, Disney, Disneyland, Dreams, Heart, Hidden House, Kingdom, Magic, Main Street, Mouse, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Real, Shining Star, Small World, Transcend, Wall
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Who Do You Say That I am?
Based in part on Matthew 15:16: Who Do You Say That I Am? by Michael Romani Sometimes stigmatized by the visual Here in this age of consuming digital I see what my eyes choose to see Wondering if it’s with … Continue reading
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Tagged Acuity, Alone, Apart, Approval, Blind, Book of Matthew, Broken, Certainty, Clear, Confidence, Crack, Creativity, Deflection, Digital, Disguise, Distraction, Eye, Eyes, Fall, False Assumption, Foolishness, God, Gravity, Heart, Hide, Imperfection, Impression, Jacked Up, Jesus, Kindness, Knee Jerk Reaction, Levitate, Lost, Love, Measure, Mind, Mirror, Negativity, One Half, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Presumption, Promise, Recall, Renew, Rust, Soul, Stigma, Stone, Strong, Toss, Treasure, Trouble, Trust, Visual, Warrior, Weak, Wisdom
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First Principles: Every Master of Slaves Is A Petty Tyrant Bringing Judgment of Heaven On Their Nations
“Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgement of heaven upon a country. As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes … Continue reading
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Tagged All Mankind, Born, Cause and Effect, Country, Equal, First Principles, Free, George Mason, God, Independent, Judgment, Master, Nation, National Calamity, National Sin, Nature, Petty, Providence, Punish, Reward, Slave, Tryant
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Thought For the Day: Aim At Heaven and Earth Will Be Thrown In
“Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.” – C. S. Lewis
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Tagged Aim, Both, CS Lewis, Earth, Gain, Heaven, Neither, Thought For the Day
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