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First Principles: No People Will Tamely Surrender Their Liberties, Nor Can Any Be Easily Subdued, When Knowledge is Diffused and Virtue Is Preserved
“No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own … Continue reading
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Tagged Aid, Diffused, First Principles, Foreign Invaders, James Warren, Knowledge, Liberties, manners, No People, Own Weight, Preserved, Samuel Adams, Sink, Subdued, Surrender, Universally Ignorant, Virtue
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Thought For the Day: Trust Is the First Step To Love
“Trust is the first step to love.” -Premchand, novelist and poet (31 Jul 1880-1936)
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Circling Around Symmetry
Circling Around Symmetryby Michael DoyleLike a wanderer of lost momentsI find myself with ghosts in memoryCircling around the tormentsTo sharpened to find the symmetry Needed to find balance in the crawl outIn the long kiss good night In a gathering … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention, Balance, Balloon, Capability, Circling Around, Community, Conversations, Counting, Covers Blown, Deep Truths, Depth, Engage, First Contact, Gathering of Kings, Ghosts, Good Night, Grown, Improvisation, Innocent, Islolation, Lessons, Lost Moments, Magic, Memory, Minor Moment, Overheard, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Reality, Repressed Emotions, Seek, Sharp, Sincerity, Siren's Calling, Steps, Strain of Cynicism, Strained Torment, Symmetry, Tension, Torment, Touch, Vulnerability, Wanderer, Wish, World
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First Principles: The Liberties of Our Country, the Freedom of Our Civil Constitution, Are Worth Defending Against All Hazards. And It Is Our Duty To Defend Them
“The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.” – Samuel Adams, Essay, written under the pseudonym “Candidus,” in The Boston … Continue reading
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Tagged Candidus, Civil Consitution, Country, Defend, Duty, First Principles, Freedom, Hazards, Liberties, Life, Public Service, Samuel Adams, The Boston Gazette
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Thought For the Day: Look Deep Into Nature, and Then You Will Understand Everything Better
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” -Albert Einstein
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First Principles: Perseverance In Almost Any Plan Is Better Than Fickleness and Fluctuation
“Perseverance in almost any plan is better than fickleness and fluctuation.” – Alexander Hamilton, July 1792
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First Principles: No Protracted War Can Fail To Endanger the Freedom of A Democratic Country
“No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.” – Alexis de Tocqueville, statesman and historian (29 Jul 1805-1859)
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Tech Resistance
Tech Resistanceby Michael DoyleTechnology seems to hate meI know it by its glowLike a worn button toggledThe Hell of it begins to showMachines and things are against usI know this for certain, just becauseSome may say life is getting easierI … Continue reading
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Tagged Backwards Compatible, Battery Failure, Bugs, Code, Computer Crashes, Contemptible, Crazy, Domination, Drink, Easier, Fanboys and Fangirls, Forgiving, Glow, HD Experience, Hell, Integrate, Lazy, Living, Machines, Nostalgic Moments, Phone, Poetry and Poems, Raver, Reboot, Reputation, Resist, Self-Inflicted, Spin, Tech, Technology, Think, Time, Time Saver, Toggle, Ungratedful, Unsaved Changes
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First Principles: The Preservation of the Sacred Fire of Liberty, and the Destiny of the Republican Model of Government, Are Justly Considered Deeply
“The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.” – George Washington
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 