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First Principles: Let Each Citizen Remember At the Moment He Is Offering His Vote That He Is Not Making A Present Or A Compliment To Please An Individual…But That He Is Executing One Of the Most Solemn Trusts In Human Society
“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual – or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he … Continue reading
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Tagged Accountable, Citizen, Compliment, Country, First Principles, God, Human Society, Individual, Present, Samuel Adams, Solemn Trust, Vot
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I Wouldn’t Disagree
I Wouldn’t Disagreeby Michael DoyleWas it youOr was it meI wouldn’t disagreeMaybe it wasBoth of usAnd just becauseThe truthOf our youthThat never wasPerceptionsMisconceptionsSelf-deceptionsIt’s a matterOf interpretationMiscalculationsToo many distractionsIn our interactionsWouldn’t allow for detractionsDoesn’t take long to realizeI haven’t the words … Continue reading
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Tagged Apologize, Appreciation, Both of Us, Bridge of Sighs, Cross, Detractions, Disagree, Disconnection, Distraction, Events, Eyes, Grow, Haven't the Words, Interactions, Interpretation, Just Because, Know, Matter, Me, Miscalculation, Misconceptions, Moment, Negotiation, Never Was, No Longer Room, No Room, Perceptions, Poetry and Poems, Realize, Self-Deceptions, Truth, What Else Is There, Without Respect, You, Youth
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First Principles: The Propriety of A Law, In A Constitutional Light, Must Always Be Determined By the Nature of the Power Upon Which It Is Founded
“The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Constitutional Light, Determined, First Principles, Founded, Law, Nature, Powers, Propriety
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Thought For the Day: Throughout History, It Has Been the Inaction of Those Who Could Have Acted…That Has Made It Possible For Evil To Triumph
“Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil … Continue reading
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Tagged Acted, Evil, Haile Selassie, History, Inaction, Indifference, Known Better, Possible, Silence, Thought For the Day, Triumph, Voice of Justice
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Thought For the Day: A Truly American Sentiment Recognizes the Dignity of Labor and the Fact That Honor Lies In Honest Toil
“A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.” – Grover Cleveland (1837-1908)
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Tagged American, Dignity, Fact, Grover Cleveland, Honest Toil, Honor, Labor, Sentiment, Thought For the Day, Truly
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First Principles: We Must Make Our Election Between Economy and Liberty, or Profusion and Servitude
“We must make our election between economy and Liberty, or profusion and servitude.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)
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Tagged Economy, Election, First Principles, Independence, Liberty, Load, Perpetual Debt, Preserve, Profusion, Rulers, Servitude, Thomas Jefferson, We
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What’s Your Story?
What’s Your Story?by Michael DoyleTell me, please, of the gloryThat opens up your storyLeaving behind the ninety-nineFor the inheritance that is mineDoing that riotous livingNeeding more than a little forgivingFeeling more than unworthyBrother, you are no lesser than meAt least, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alibi, Assured, Belief, Brother, Changing Lives, Contemplation, Could Not Keep, Dead Man Walking, Extermity, Faith, Far Country, Feeling, Forgiving, Found, Free, Freed, God Reached Out, God Shaped Vacuum, God's Glory, Goodness, Grace, Grown Dim, His Majesty, In Him, Inheritance, Leaving Behind, Lights, Linger, Living Past Thirty, Living Prayer, Lost Coins, Lost Sheep, Matter of History, Me, Mine, Moments, Need, Ninety-Nine, No Lesser, Open, Overdose, Peace, Plant, Poetry and Poems, Prodigal, Promises, Read, Redemption, Riotous Living, Satan's Snare, Seed, Sins of the Family, Society, Soul, Stand up, Story, Straight Talking, Taken Back, Tell Me, The Father's Glory, The Glory, Thrown Books, Tossed, Unworthy, What's Your Story?, Without A Clue, Words, Worthy, Wouldn't Keep, Wrecking Crew
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Thought For the Day: I Believe In An America Where the Free Enterprise System Flourishes For All Other Systems To See and Admire–Where…No Racketeer, No Government Bureaucracy Can Put Him Out of Business
“I believe in an America where the free enterprise system flourishes for all other systems to see and admire — where no businessman lacks either competition or credit — and where no monopoly, no racketeer, no government bureaucracy can put … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Just As Appetite Comes By Eating So Work Brings Inspiration
“Just as appetite comes by eating so work brings inspiration.” – Igor Stravinsky, composer (1882-1971)
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Tagged Appetite, Beginning, Discernible, Eating, Igor Stravinsky, Inspiration, Thought For the Day, Work
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