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First Principles: Let Each Citizen Remember At the Moment He Is Offering His Vote 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, Country, First Principles, God, Human Society, Remember, Samuel Adams, Solemn Trust, Vote
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First Principles: If Angels Were To Govern Men, Neither External Nor Internal Controls On Government Would Be Necessary
“If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary…. [But lacking these] you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Angels, Controls, External, First Principles, Govern, Government, Internal, James Madison, Men, Necessary
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Thought For the Day: Humanity Also Needs Dreamers
“Humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit. Without doubt, these dreamers do not deserve wealth, because they … Continue reading
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Tagged Desire, Disinsterested, Dreamers, Efficient Means, Humanity, Marie Curie, Material Care, Material Profit, Reserach, Society, Task, Thought For the Day, Wealth
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Inside the Godflow
Inside the Godflowby Michael DoyleBlessed by our confirmationWe are delivered by our affirmationTo honor Christ, coming as we areWishing on the hope of the Christmas StarLeaning in on our faith given in connectionOur prayers tailor fit our meditationsPraying in Jesus’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Affirmation, Blessed, Christ, Christmas Star, Confirmation, Connection, Destination, Faith, Godflow, Hope, Inside, Meditation, Poetry and Poem, Salvation
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Thought For the Day: I Don’t Think That Combat Has Ever Been Written About Truthfully; It Has Always Been Described In Terms of Bravery and Cowardice
“I don’t think that combat has ever been written about truthfully; it has always been described in terms of bravery and cowardice. I won’t even accept these words as terms of human reference any more. And anyway, hell, they don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Aceept, Bravery, Combat, Cowardice, Human Reference, James Jones, Modern Warfare, Terms, Thought For the Day, Truth, Written
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Let the Party Begin
Let the Party Beginby Michael DoyleDon’t let your emotionsCloud your best judgmentKeeping faith in your devotionDespite the world’s begrudgementFailures never help one’s attitudeStill it’s best to keep in gratitudeFor all the good that has come beforeBrings a feeling we cannot … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Begin, Begrudge, Brook, Confuse, Crown, Days, Drink Up, Emotion, Emotions, Eyes, Failures, Frown, Good, Gratitude, Human Condition, Ignore, Judgment, Laughter, Look, Nice, Now, Party, Poetry and Poem, Pool, Price, Princess, Round and Round, Smile, Sorrow, Start, Substance, Surprise, Then, Tomorrow, Touch, Unleashed, Upside Down, Wall of Pride, Ways, Win
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First Principles: Only A Virtuous People Are Capable of Freedom. As Nations Become Corrupt and Vicious, They Have More Need of Masters
“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Capable, Corrupt, First Principles, Freedom, Masters, Nations, Need, Only, Vicious, Virtuous People
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Thought For the Day: Do You Wish the World Were Happy? Then Remember Day By Day, Just To Scatter Seeds of Kindness As You Pass Along the Way
“Do you wish the world were happy? / Then remember day by day, / Just to scatter seeds of kindness / As you pass along the way.” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet (5 Nov 1850-1919)
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Tagged Day by Day, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Happy, Kindness, Pass, Remember, Seeds, Thought For the Day, Way, Wish, World
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First Principles: I Rejoice In A Belief That Intellectual Light Will Spring Up In the Dark Corners of the Earth
“I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth; that freedom of enquiry will produce liberality of conduct.” – George Washington (1789)
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 