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Monthly Archives: July 2025
First Principles: The Circulation of Confidence Is Better Than the Circulation of Money
“The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.” – James Madison (See, Judicial Powers of the National Government, [20 June] 1788)
Thought For the Day: For To Be Free Is Not Merely To Cast Off One’s Chains, But To Live In A Way That Respects and Enhances the Freedom of Others
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” – Nelson Mandela
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Tagged Chains, Enhance, Free, Freedom, Live, Nelson Mandela, Respect, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: When It Comes To Human Dignity, We Cannot Make compromises
“When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.” – Angela Merkel
First Principles: The True Foundation of Republican Government Is the Equal Right of Every Citizen In His Person and Property and In their Management
“The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management.” – Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, 1816. ME 15:36
To See Past Query
To See Past Queryby Michael DoyleMuch of life is conjecture and theory.We take for granted what should be a query.Like whether it’s more beautiful or wiseTo look into a sunrise or a lover’s eyes.We look at the wrong things for … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful, Beauy, Certainity, Conjecture and Theory, Discren, Human Attraction, Inaiblity, Learned, Life, Love, Lover's Eyes, Obscurrity, Poetry and Poems, Purity, Query, Returned, Security, See, Shown, Simple Roll, Sunrise, Uknown, Wise, Wonderful
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First Principles: To Be Good, and To Do Good, Is All We Have To Do
“You have discovered, in your Childhood, a remarkable Modesty, Discretion, and Reserve; I hope these great and amiable Virtues will rather improve, in your riper Years. You are now I think, far advanced in your twelfth Year—a Time when the … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Be Good, Do Good, First Principles, Have To Do, John Adams
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Thought For the Day: The Butterfly Counts Not Months But Moments, and Has Time Enough
“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.” – Rabindranath Tagore
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Tagged Butterfly, Moments, Months, Rabindranath Tagore, Thought For the Day, Time Enough
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Mortality Awoken
Mortality Awokenby Michael DoyleThe questions of mortalityGo far beyond moralityWhen something makes you question why.Or how it is that we are born to die.Avoiding the phone calls that wait,As these questions come down to fate.Who are we to feel this … Continue reading
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Tagged Awoken, Bleed, Born To Die, Breaks, Damage, End, Everyone, Fatally, Fate, Fear, Good Sense, Impartially, Morality, Mortality, Phone Call, Poetry and Poems, Precious, Questions, Reply, Shade, Surrounded, The End, The World, Wait, Why, Wound
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First Principles: Associate Yourself With Men of Good Quality If You Esteem Your Own Reputation; For Tis Better To Be Alone Than In Bad Company
“Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for ’tis better to be alone than in bad company.” – George Washington
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Tagged Alone, Associate, Bad Company, Esteem, First Principles, George Washington, Good Quality, Mankind, Reputation
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 