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Monthly Archives: October 2021
First Principles: I Place Economy Among the First and Most Important of Republican Virtues, and Public Debt As the Greatest of the Dangers To Be Feared
“I … place economy among the first and most important of republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared. … Taxation follows that, and in its turn wretchedness and oppression.” – Thomas Jefferson, Letter … Continue reading
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Tagged Danger, Economy, First Principles, Important, Oppression, Public Debt, Republican, Taxation, Thomas Jefferson, Vrtue, Wretchedness
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Radically Reversed
Radically Reversedby Michael DoyleReversing the brokenness of circumstanceTo give sacred life to its every chanceKnowing that those who have less are not lessHowever much life’s moments might be a messThe most hurting present are our familyBlessed be this truth in … Continue reading
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Tagged Affirmed, Affirmed Dignity, Appreciation, Atone, Be Not Afraid, Blessed, Blown Away, Brokenness, Brother, Chance, Choice, Circumstance, Climb, Decision, Deserve, Destination, Dignity, Dread and Danger, Drink, Each Child, Each Step, Encourage, Faith, Father, God, God's Blessing, Hopeful Reminder, Humble Supplication, Hurting, Isolation, Kingdom, Legacy, Less, Life's Moments, Lift, Mercy, Mess, Nation, Needs, Not Alone, One Family, Opportunity, Our Family, Poetry and Poems, Radical, Raise, Ready, Real Time, Release, Restore, Reverse, Rhyme, Roads, Sacred Life, Seismic Shift, Service, Sin Confessed, Sister, Stranger, Swirled, Take A Moment, Troubles, Truth, Vision, Walk, Water, Words
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Thought For the Day: The Most Important Service Rendered By the Press and the Magazines Is That of Educating People To Approach Printed Matter with Distrust
“The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.” – Samuel Butler (1835-1902)
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Tagged Approach, Distrust, Educate, Magazines, People, Press, Printed Matter, Samuel Butler, Service, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Those Who Expect To Reap the Blessings of Freedom, Must, Like Men, Undergo the Fatigues of Supporting It
“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.” – Thomas Paine (1777)
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Tagged Blessings, Expect, Fatigue, First Principles, Freedom, Men, Reap, Support, Thomas Paine, Undergo
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First Principles: If Congress Can Do Whatever In Their Discretion Can Be Done By Money…the Government Is No Longer A Limited One
“If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions.” – James … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: We Must Learn To Honor Excellence In Every Socially Accepted Human Activity, However Humble the Activity, and to Scorn Shoddiness, However Exalted the Activity
“We must learn to honor excellence in every socially accepted human activity, however humble the activity, and to scorn shoddiness, however exalted the activity. An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society that scorns excellence … Continue reading
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Tagged Exalt, Excellence, Honor, Human Activity, Humble, John W. Gardner, Learn, Shoddiness, Socially Accepted, Thought For the Day
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Christeaster Christians
Christeaster Christiansby Michael DoyleChristeaster ChristiansWithout real meaningTwice a yearFind their way homeChrister ChristiansIn their presence beingBubbled in their tearsFeel lost and aloneMiracles prayed forWithout believingFind their own wayHitting hard without courageThere must be moreDespite the deceivingCan it be felt todayLived … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Believe, Christians, Christmas, Courage, Deceive, Declare, Easter, Encourage, Endure, Find, God, Hitting Hard, Home, Hope, Live Again, Love, Meaning, Miracles, More, Pass, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Presence, Pure, Square, Steps, Surrender, Tears, Today, Twice, Way
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Thought For the Day: Make Men Large and Strong and Tyranny Will Bankrupt Itself In Making the Shackles For Them
“Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.” – Rev. Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
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Tagged Bankrupt, Henry Ward Beecher, Large, Mankind, Men, Shackles, Strong, Thought For the Day, Tyranny
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First Principles: To Cherish and Stimulate the Activity of the Human Mind…Is Not Among the Least Considerable of the Expedients, By Which the Wealth of A Nation May Be Promoted
“To cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind, by multiplying the objects of enterprise, is not among the least considerable of the expedients, by which the wealth of a nation may be promoted.” -Alexander Hamilton (1791)
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Tagged Activity, Alexander Hamilton, Cherish, Enterprise, Expedients, First Principles, Human Mind, Least Considerable, Multiply, Nation, Objects, Promote, Stimulate, Wealth
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In Mercy Spoken
In Mercy Spokenby Michael DoyleIn my strengthI’ve found your songIn it is foundWhere I belongIn a lullaby of graceI feel my peaceEscape for sin, I embraceIn God, I find releaseStanding in victoryOver things I would not doGrace not sympathyFor the … Continue reading
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Tagged Belong, Branch, Broken, Communion, Embrace, Exactitude, Examination, Grace, Gratitude, His Mercy Spoken, I Would Not Do, In God, Life, Lullaby, Mended, Mercy, My Mistakes, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Release, Sacred Heart, Set Apart, Sin, Solution, Spoken, Standing, Strength, Sympathy, Victory, Your Song
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