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Monthly Archives: July 2021
First Principles: The Essence of Government Is Power, and Power, Lodged As It Must Be In Human Hands, Will Ever Be Liable To Abuse
“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” – James Madison (1829)
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Tagged Abuse, Essence, First Principles, Government, Human Hands, James Madison, Liable, Lodged, Power
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First Principles: To Take From One…His Own Industry and That of His Fathers…Is To Violate Arbitrarily the First Principle of Association
“To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: I Have Chosen To Be Happy Because It’s Good For My Health
“I have chosen to be happy because it’s good for my health.” – Voltaire
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Serious Loneliness
Serious Lonelinessby Michael DoyleSingled out across the nationTripped up in social isolationAttempts at conversation and vulnerabilitySeem at times to be beyond our capabilityCurtness played out with damages doneMeanness rounded before niceness begunSeeking each other in loneliness we’ve seenOnly confirms that … Continue reading
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Tagged Loneliness, Nation, Poetry and Poems, Serious, Social Isloation, Tripped Up
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Thought For the Day: Kindness Is In Our Power Even When Fondness Is Not
“Kindness is in our power even when fondness is not.” – Henry James
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Tagged Be Kind, Fondness, Henry James, Human Life, Kindness, Our, Power, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: We Have the Right To Give Away As Much of Our Own Money As We Please In Charity; But As Members of Congress We Have No Right To Appropriate A Dollar of the Public Money
“We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living. I will not attempt to prove that Congress has no power … Continue reading
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Tagged Act of Charity, Act of Injustice, Appropriate, Attempt, Balance of the Living, Charity, Congress, Davey Crockett, Dead, Dollar, Floor, Give Away, Individuals, Living, Member, Money, Own Money, Permit, Public Money, Respect, Sympathy, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Let Each Citizen Remember At the Moment He Is Offering His Vote That He Is Not Making A Present Or A Compliment To Please An Individual…But That He Is Executing One Of the Most Solemn Trusts In Human Society
“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual – or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he … Continue reading
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Tagged Accountable, Citizen, Compliment, Country, First Principles, God, Human Society, Individual, Present, Samuel Adams, Solemn Trust, Vot
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