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Monthly Archives: November 2019
First Principles: Equal Laws For Equal Rights Are the Best Guarantee of Loyalty and Love of Country
“Equal laws protecting equal rights; the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country.” – James Madison (1820)
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Tagged Country, Equal, Equal Rights, First Principles, Guarantee, James Madison, Law, Love, Loyalty, Protect
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Thankfulness For the Season
A poem in gratitude #17: Thankfulness For the Season by Michael Romani Memories of letters written By the likes of me and you To a certain man in red Depending on how written Always brought a toy or two Thoughts … Continue reading
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First Principles: Our Constitution Is Wholly Inadequate For the Government of Any Other Than A Moral and Religious People
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – John Adams
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Tagged Constitution, First Principles, Government, Inadequate, John Adams, Moral, People, Religious
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Thankful For Nothing
A poem of gratitude #16: Thankful For Nothing by Michael Romani Always looking to connect I hold things up to inspect Never intending to ever neglect Anything even where circumspect A question has haunted mankind Who is always probing trying … Continue reading
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Tagged Agree, Avoid, Beautiful, Bible, Circumspect, Connect, Divinity, Doubt, Everything, Fascination, Find, Gratitude, Gravity, Inspect, Microscope, Neglect, Nothing, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Quantum Void, Question, Something, Space, Thankful, Universe, Vibration, View, Void, Wonderful, Zoom
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Thought For the Day: A Christian’s First Duty Is To God and As A Matter of Course To Carry This Belief To the Polls To Vote Accordingly
“A Christian’s first duty is to God. It then follows, as a matter of course, that it is his duty to carry his Christian code to the polls and vote them… If Christians should vote their duty to God at … Continue reading
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Tagged Beneficent, Carry, Christian, Christian Code, Country, Ease, Election, First Duty, First Principles, God, Mark Twain, Moral, Polls, Revolution, Save, Vote
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First Principles: It Is the Duty of All Nations To Acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God
“It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God.” – George Washington
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Tagged Acknowledge, Almighty, Duty, First Principles, Geeorge Washington, God, Nations, Providence
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Thought For the Day: Individualism, Love of Enterprise and Pride In Personal Freedom Are the Hallmarks of Americanism
“Individualism, the love of enterprise, and the pride in personal freedom, have been deemed by Americans not only as their choicest, but their peculiar and exclusive possessions.” – James Bryce (1838-1922)
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Tagged American, Choice, Enterprise, Individualism, James Bryce, Love, Personal Freedom, Possession, Pride, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Of Those Who Have Overturned Republican Liberty, Most Have Begun By Courting the People and Ending Tyrants
“Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Career, Commence, Court, Demagogues, End, First Principles, Liberty, Men, Number, Overturn, Republic, The People, Tyrants
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