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First Principles: Do Not Forget To Do Good and To Share With Others, For With Such Sacrifice God Is Pleased
“And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.” – Hebrews 13:16 (NIV)
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Thought of the Day: I Must Confess As A Historian That This Penniless Preacher From Nazareth Is Irrevocably the Very Center of History. Jesus Christ Is Easily the Most Dominant Figure In All History
“I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history.” … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Nothing Can Bring You Peace But Yourself. Nothing Can Bring You Peace But the Triumph of Principles
“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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First Principles: Resistance To Tyranny Becomes the Christian and Social Duty of Each Individual
“Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual… Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.” – … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: The First Method For Estimating the Intelligence of A Ruler Is To Look At the Men He Has Around Him
“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.” -Niccolo Machiavelli, political philosopher and author (3 May 1469-1527)
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With An Idea In View
With An Idea In Viewby Michael DoyleWith an idea in viewI wished for a dream come trueAnd hope replaced my heartacheThat came from my last mistakeTrying my best to figure it outTaking my best shot at what it’s aboutFinding it … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, August Moon, Band, Best Shot, Bloom, Brave, Call, Dance and Sway, Dancing, Dream, Fall For Me, Fallen Guard, Fan, Figure It Out, Graceful, Hard, Heart, Heartache, Hope, Hoping, Idea, Kisses Like Roses, Last Mistake, Magic, Man, Mean, Meet, Miine, Miss, Moonlight, Moonshine, Moping, Music, Nightfall, Often Do, One In A Million, One Look, Passion, Please, Poetry and Poems, Queen, Rhythm, Right, Shades, Simple, Sonata, Speak My Words, Street, Sweet, Talk Too Much, Tasteful, Tease, Time, True, Unforgettable, View, Watch, Wish
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First Principles: No Legislated Act, Therefore, Contrary to the Constitution, Can Be Valid
“[E]very act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid. To deny this, would be to affirm, that the … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Idleness, Like Kisses, To Be Sweet Must Be Stolen
“It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time is merely an occupation then, and a most exhausting one. … Continue reading
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