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First Principles: The Latent Causes of Faction Are Thus Sown In the Nature of Man
“The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man.” – James Madison (1787)
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Thought For the Day: The Real Index of Civilization Is When People Are Kinder Than They Need To Be
“The real index of civilization is when people are kinder than they need to be.” – Louis de Bernieres, novelist (b. 8 Dec 1954)
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Thought For the Day: If We Don’t Believe In Freedom of Expression For People We Despise, We Don’t Believe In It At All
“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” -Noam Chomsky, linguistics professor and political activist (b. 7 Dec 1928)
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First Principles: I Never Considered A Difference of Opinion In Politics, In Religion, In Philosophy, As A Cause For Withdrawing From A Friend
“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson
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We Call For the Water
We Call For the Waterby Michael DoyleThe outside world focuses on the forgivingAt best, if at all, and not the givingAs we link arms serving on behalf of the joyFrom day one, this was God’s intention to deployAs babe was … Continue reading
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Tagged Angels, Call, Christ, Deliver, Forgiving, Gift, Giving, God's Intention, Good News, Grace and Love, Joy, Love, Manger, Outside World, Pharisees, Philosophy, Poetry and Poems, Rift, Serve, Shiver, Water
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Thought For the Day: The Antidote To This Abuse of Formal Government Is the Influence of Private Character, the Growth of the Individual
“The less government we have the better — the fewer laws and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formal government is the influence of private character, the growth of the individual.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) … Continue reading
First Principles: He Who Permits Himself To Tell A Lie Once, Finds It Much Easier To Do It A Second and A Third Time, Till At Length It Becomes Habitual
“There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time, till at length it becomes habitual.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Deprave, Easier, Falsehood, First Principles, Good Dispositions, Habitutal, Heart, Permit, Second and Third Time, Thomas Jefferson, Time, Tongue, Truths, Vice
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Thought For the Day: Can Anything Be Sadder Than Work Left Unfinished
“Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.” – Christina Rossetti, poet (5 Dec 1830-1894)
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Angelic Choirs Sing
Angelic Choirs Singby Michael DoyleThe angelic chorus became distortionEven mountains felt small in proportionStill the choir sang songs giving evil warningThat Jesus Christ was born that blessed morningJoy to the world came with this first NoelHere came the gifted blessing … Continue reading
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Tagged Beginning To End, Bleak Midwinter Day, Blessed Morning, Blessing, Death, Declared Authority, Distortion, End of Our Days, Eternity, Final Vidtory, First Noel, Grave, Holiness, Jesus Christ, Joy to the World, Keep Hope Alive, Light, Lord's Grace, Magnify, Mountain, Nation, Old-Fashioned Ways, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Preservation, Salvation, Sing, Sins, Tale, Tididings, Warning
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First Principles: It Must Be Agreed That Our Governments Have Much Less of Republicanism Than Ought To Have Been Expected
“If, then, the control of the people over the organs of their government be the measure of its republicanism, and I confess I know no other measure, it must be agreed that our governments have much less of republicanism than … Continue reading
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