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First Principles: The Most Sacred of the Duties of A Government Is To Do Equal and Impartial Justice To All Citizens
“The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all citizens.” —Thomas Jefferson (1816)
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Tagged All Citizens, Duties, Equal, Government, Impartial, Justice, Sacred, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Too Often We Underestimate the Power of…the Smallest Act of Caring To Turn A Life Around
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” -Leo Buscaglia, author, … Continue reading
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Tagged Act of Caring, Honest Complient, Kind Word, Leo Buscaglia, Potential, Power, Smile, Thought For the Day, Touch, Turn A Life Around
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Born In the Rockies (Part II)
Born In the Rockies (Part II)by Michael DoyleThe backbone of North America stretches for milesBring life across the land with ceaseless smilesFrom shifting sand dunes to deep river valleys it goesFrom the most brilliant stretches of sun to deep shadowsEach … Continue reading
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Tagged Again, Animal Babies, Backbone, Beginning, Biome, Born, Childhood, Cranes, Cub, Dance, Day, Deep River Valley, Den, Earth, Ecosystem, Essential, Explore, Freshness, Generation, Grass, Habittual, II, Life, Miles, Mirth, Mist, Mother, Nature, New Life, North America, Play, Poetry and Poems, Rainbow, Renewal of Vows, Ritual, Romance, Sand Dunes, Shadows, Smiles, Spawn, Sun, Tale, Temperate, Time, Understood, Wait, Ways of Love, Win, Winter, Yellowstone Valley
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First Principles: The People Are Not To Be Disarmed of Their Weapons. They Are Left In Full Possession of Them.
“The people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are left in full possession of them.” – Zacharia Johnson (1788)
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Tagged Disarmed, First Principles, Full Possession, Left, The People, Weapons, Zacharia Johnson
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Thought For the Day: One May Have A Blazing Hearth In One’s Soul, and Yet No One Ever Comes To Sit By It
“One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it.” – Vincent van Gogh, painter (30 Mar 1853-1890)
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With Just One Word
With Just One Wordby Michael DoyleWith just one wordYou bring me throughThe darkness around meNo matter how strong it surrounds meThere’s nothing left to proveWith the mountains that you moveIn your inevitabilityI see my every possibilityWith just one touchI touch … Continue reading
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First Principles: War, Like Most Other Things, Is A Science To Be Acquired and Perfected By Diligence, By Perseverance, By Time, and By Practice
“War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perseverance, by time, and by practice.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787)
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Tagged Acquire, Alexander Hamilton, Diligence, First Principles, Other Things, Perfect, Perseverance, Practice, Science, Time, War
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Thought For the Day: At Least One Way of Measuring the Freedom of Any Society Is the Amount of Comedy That Is Permitted
“At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some … Continue reading
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Tagged Amount, Comedy, Eric Idle, Freedom, Healthy Society, Measure, One Way, Permit, Repress, Satire, Society, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Ultimately, It Is the Responsibility of Individuals To Pull Themselves Up By Their Own Bootstraps, Make Responsible Financial Decisions, Pursue Eduction…and Fight To Break the Cycle of Poverty
“Ultimately, it is the responsibility of individuals to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps, make responsible financial decisions, pursue education … and fight to break the cycle of poverty. Many poor remain poor because they do not know how … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Apple Pie, Better Life, Better Opportunities, Bootstraps, Break, Children, Cycle of Poverty, Education, Emmy Griffin, Example, Financial Decisions, Hard Work, Individuals, Money, Perserverance, Poor, Poverty Line, Realize, Responsibility, Responsible, Successful Immigrant Story, Tenor, Thought For the Day, Ultimate
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 