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Thought For the Day: Men Use Thought Only As Authority For Their Injustice, and Employ Speech Only To Conceal Their Thoughts
“Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.” – Voltaire
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Tagged Authority, Conceal, Injustice, Mankind, Speech, Thought, Thought For the Day, Voltaire
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First Principles: Let Everyone Be Subject to the Governing Authorities, For There Is No Authority Except That Which God Has Established
“Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has … Continue reading
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Tagged Authority, Consequence, Established, First Principles, God, Governing Authorities, Judgment, Rebel, Right, Romans 13:1-3 NIV, Rulers, Subject, Terror, Wrong
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Probability and History
Probability and Historyby Michael DoyleThe past indicates the probability,And the rest, as they say, is history.We learn these things with humility.The passing days become our legacy.The mercantile types take life without any need.The wise take this into account and pay … Continue reading
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Tagged Blad Luck, Crumble, Facade, Greed, History, Humility, Legacy, Mercantile Types, Need, Neon Signs, Passing Days, Pay Heed, Poetry and Poems, Probability, Read, Stumble, Subway Walls, The Past, The Wise, Warning, Words
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First Principles: We Have No Government Armed With Power Capable of Contending With Human Passions Unbridled By Morality and Religion
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitution, Cords, First Principles, Government, Human Passions, Inadequate, John Adams, Moral and Religious People, Morality, Power, Religion
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Thought For the Day: Assassination Makes Only Martyrs, Not Converts
“Assassination makes only martyrs, not converts.” – Alphonse de Lamartine
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Tagged Alphonse de LaMartine, Assassination, Convert, Martyr, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: When People Stop Talking, That’s When You Get Violence. When People Stop Talking, That’s When Civil War Happens, Because You Start To Think The Other Side Is Evil
“When people stop talking, that’s when you get violence. When people stop talking, that’s when civil war happens, because you start to think the other side is so evil and they lose their humanity.” – Charlie Kirk
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Tagged Charlie Kirk, Civil War, Evil, Humanity, Other Side, People, Talk, Thought For the Day, Violence
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First Principles: Resistance To Tyranny Becomes the Christian and Social Duty of Each Individual…Nobly Defend Those Rights Which Heaven Gave
“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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Tagged Christian, Defend, Dependence, Duty, First Principles, God, Haven, Individual, John Hancock, Resistace, Rights, Sociall, Steadfast, Tyranny
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America Unbroken
America Unbrokenby Michael DoyleTime comes at us with brutality,Not caring at all about our humanity.Every second comes with its own rush.The weakest of us feels the crush.Cutting through the skin to the inside,Until it takes every part of our pride.That’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 9-11, America Unbroken, Anxiety, Brutality, Care, Complexity, Crush, Faith, History, Humaity, Inside, September 11, Twin Towers, Twin Twoers, Writing
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First Principles: The Freedom of Speech May Be Taken Away, and, Dumb and Silent We May Be Led, Like Sheep, To the Slaughter
” For if Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of Mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom … Continue reading
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