Flickr Photos
If you appreciate my work, please buy me a coffee
$3.00
Monthly Archives: September 2021
Pierce the Charade
Pierce the Charadeby Michael DoyleOne thing I’ve discovered recentlyIs that I am capable of acting decentlyBut if the world could see my inspirationMaybe there’d be cause to doubt my motivationStill it is that I struggle for my bestAnd my failings, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Accustom, Against, Anchored, Angel, Beauty, Best, Capable, Charade, Crimes, Decent, Deep, Detest, Discover, Doubt, Duty, Explore, Failings, Find, Friendship, Guilty, Hatter, Inspiration, Knew, Know, Masquerade, Motivation, My Mind, No Better Way, Of My Heart, Offered, Pierce, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Rare, Recent, Search, See, Spoke, Steeped, Struggle, Taint, Today, Traces, True Love, Truths, Wages of Sin, Whisper, Women and Men, World, Worship
Leave a comment
First Principles: It Will Not Be Denied That Power Is of An Encroaching Nature and That It Ought To Be Effectually Restrained From Passing the Limits Assigned To It
“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.” – James Madison (1788)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Assigned, Deny, Encroaching Nature, First Principles, James Madison, Limits, Ought To Be, Passing, Power, Restrain
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: We Would Often Be Ashamed of Our Finest Actions If the World Understood All the Motives Which Produced Them
“We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.” – Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer (15 Sep 1613-1680)
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Ashamed, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Finest Actions, Francois, Motives, Produce, Thought For the Day, Understood, We, World
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: Freedom Means Trusting the American People and Equipping Them With Information To Assess Risks and Make the Best Decisions for Themselves and Their Families
“Instead of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, policymakers should focus on providing more clear and timely data on vaccine risks and benefits so Americans can make their own informed decisions along with the help of their doctors. Freedom means trusting the American … Continue reading
First Principles: The Belief In A God All Powerful Wise and Good, Is…Essential To the Moral Order of the World
“The belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the world and to the happiness of man, that arguments which enforce it cannot be drawn from too many sources nor adapted … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged All Powerful, Belief, Essential, First Principles, God, Good, James Madison, Moral Order, Wise, World
Leave a comment
First Principles: When We Are Planning For Posterity, We Ought To Remember That Virtue Is Not Hereditary
“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” – Thomas Paine (1776)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged First Principles, Not Hereditary, Plan, Posterity, Remember, Thomas Paine, Virtue, When
Leave a comment
Dressed In Humility
Dressed In Humilityby Michael DoyleDressing myself in humilityComposed by heart for good of familyWillingly accepting life’s true graceFacing all things with a smile on my faceHumility is in no way weaknessThis strength of character is God givenBeing humble is not … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Accept, Composed, Dressed, Facing All Things, Family, Forgiven, God Given, God's Children, Good, Heart, Humble, Humiliation, Humility, Intention, Meekness, Poetry and Poems, Power of Being, Smile, Strength of Character, True Grace, Weakness
Leave a comment
First Principles: There Is Not A Single Instance In History In Which Civil Liberty Was Lost, and Religious Liberty Preserved Entire
“There is not a single instance in history in which civil liberty was lost, and religious liberty preserved entire. If therefore we yield up our temporal property, we at the same time deliver the conscience into bondage.” – John Witherspoon, … Continue reading


