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First Principles: Democracy Becomes A Government of Bullies Tempered By Editors
“Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Thought For the Day: A Body of Clay, A Mind Full of Play, A Moment’s Life — That’s Me
“A body of clay, a mind full of play, a moment’s life — that’s me.” – Harivansh Rai Bachchan, poet (27 Nov 1907-2003)
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Tagged Body, Clay, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Lifee, Me, Mind, Moment, Play, Thought For the Day
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Cracking Hearts Into Holiness
Cracking Hearts Into Holinessby Michael DoyleThe temptations that we faceAre common to others as we embraceGod’s family, and begin to shareThis walk of love in all that we careIndifference and hurt build the wallsThat hardens us, until we recallOur need … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Care, Clay, Common, Daily Walk, Eden, Embrace, Harden, Hearts, Holiness, Hurt, Illustrate, Love, Poetry and Poems, Potter's Hands, Renew, Share, Talk, Temptations, Vessels of Clay, Walls
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First Principles: No Temptation Has Overtaken You Except What Is Common To Mankind
“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians 10:13 (NIV), A Way Out, Bear, Beyond, Common, Endure, Except, Faithful, First Principles, God, Mankind, Overtaken, Provide, Temptation
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Thought For the Day: Love Means Never Having To Say You’re Sorry
“Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”– Love Story
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On Which Life Depends
On Which Life Dependsby Michael DoyleWe play games aimed to pleaseAs we touch and you teaseShowing me your personal spacesAnd touching me with your tracesThese linger inside my mindYours is the touch that I’ve wanted to findI am in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Begins, Blur, Close, Connection, Depends, Emotions, Ends, Everything, Explore, Fear, Feelings, Forget-Me-Nots, Games, Heat, Life, Linger, Melt, Mind, Night, Paces, Passion, Personal Spaces, Please, Poetry and Poems, Practicality, Presence, Reflection, Sensuality, Stumble, Summer, Tease, Touch, Traces, Understanding, Walk Through
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Thought For the Day: The Number of Americans Suffering From Hunger and Food Insecurity Exploded By More Than 10 Million Under President Joe Biden
“The number of Americans suffering from hunger and food insecurity exploded by more than 10 million under President Joe Biden.” – USDA Economic Research Service’s report Household Food Security in the United States 2022 Household Food Security in the United … Continue reading
First Principles: The Jealousy of A Free People Ought To Be Constantly Awake; Since History and Experience Prove That Foreign Influence Is One of the Most Baneful Foes of Republican Government
“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful … Continue reading
Righteousness In Political Graces
Righteousness In Political Gracesby Michael DoyleSome leave God in the cradle of His birthThough He’s shown us His love and worthSome have left God hanging on the crossBut that’s only to their sorrow and lossIt’s the rolling of the stone … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, All Actions, Best Walk, Birth, Celebration, Choose Wisely, Cradle, Cross, Distraction, Dreams, Empty Tomb, Face, Faith, Fragrances, God, Goodness, Grace, Graced, Grow, Hanging, Humanity, Humility, Jubilation, Learn, Leave God, Led, Lesser Kings, Loss, Love, Plurality, Poetry and Poems, Political, Profound Traces, Reign, Righteousness, Rob, Rolling of the Stone, Room, Shown, Social Graces, Sorrow, Suprreme, The King, True Love, Worth
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First Principles: Liberty Cannot Be Preserved Without A General Knowledge Among the People, Who Have A Right…To Knowledge
“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right, from the frame of their nature, to knowledge, as their great Creator, who does nothing in vain, has given them understandings, and a desire to … Continue reading
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