Monthly Archives: February 2022

Thought For the Day: As A Culture, We Have To Do A Better Job of Figuring Out Who Is Just Famous and Who Actually Knows What He or She Is Talking About

Posted on February 4, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“You know, I have a couple of pretty simple rules in life. Don’t ever compare anything to slavery, don’t ever compare anything to the Holocaust, and if you’re a man, don’t compare anything to pregnancy. That’s rule number one. Rule … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Liberty, the Greatest of All Earthly Blessings – Give Us That Precious Jewel, and You May Take Every Things Else!

Posted on February 4, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Will the abandonment of your most sacred rights tend to the security of your liberty? Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings — give us that precious jewel, and you may take every things else!” – Patrick Henry (1788)

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To See the World Again

Posted on February 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

To See the World Againby Michael DoyleTo see the world through new eyesIt might help me to again realizeThe splendors too often taken for grantedBy those of us whose views are slantedLights like stars seem to aboundAs life loses its … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Those Who Expect To Reap the Blessings of Freedom, Must, Like Men, Undergo the Fatigues of Supporting It

Posted on February 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“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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Thought For the Day: As For Me and My Household, We Will Serve the Lord

Posted on February 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. … Continue reading →

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Back In ’81

Posted on February 2, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Back In ’81by Michael DoyleDo you rememberBack in ’81It had all been doneLighting our bootsWith low grade gasolineTo ignite the sparkAnd let it burnThe show is the showWith jagged rhythmsAnd the leads that flowWe didn’t knowDidn’t knowGot to let it … Continue reading →

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First Principles: To Render Us Again One People Acting As One Nation Should Be the Object of Every Man Really A Patriot

Posted on February 2, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“To render us again one people acting as one nation should be the object of every man really a patriot.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)

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Thought For the Day: Too Often We Enjoy the Comfort of Opinion Without the Discomfort of Thought

Posted on February 2, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” – John F. Kennedy

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Thought For the Day: Conscience Asks the Question, Is It Right?…There Comes A Time When One Must Take A Position That Is Neither Safe, Nor Politic, Nor Popular

Posted on February 1, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

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First Principles: To Prevent Crimes, Is the Noblest End and Aim of Criminal Jurisprudence. To Punish Them, Is One of the Means Necessary For the Accomplishment

Posted on February 1, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

” To prevent crimes, is the noblest end and aim of criminal jurisprudence. To punish them, is one of the means necessary for the accomplishment of this noble end and aim.” – James Wilson (1790)

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Monthly Archives: February 2022

Thought For the Day: As A Culture, We Have To Do A Better Job of Figuring Out Who Is Just Famous and Who Actually Knows What He or She Is Talking About

First Principles: Liberty, the Greatest of All Earthly Blessings – Give Us That Precious Jewel, and You May Take Every Things Else!

To See the World Again

First Principles: Those Who Expect To Reap the Blessings of Freedom, Must, Like Men, Undergo the Fatigues of Supporting It

Thought For the Day: As For Me and My Household, We Will Serve the Lord

Back In ’81

First Principles: To Render Us Again One People Acting As One Nation Should Be the Object of Every Man Really A Patriot

Thought For the Day: Too Often We Enjoy the Comfort of Opinion Without the Discomfort of Thought

Thought For the Day: Conscience Asks the Question, Is It Right?…There Comes A Time When One Must Take A Position That Is Neither Safe, Nor Politic, Nor Popular

First Principles: To Prevent Crimes, Is the Noblest End and Aim of Criminal Jurisprudence. To Punish Them, Is One of the Means Necessary For the Accomplishment

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