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First Principles: I Think We Have More Machinery of Government Than Is Necessary, Too Many Parasites Living On the Labor of the Industrious
“I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.” – Thomas Jefferson (1824)
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Tagged First Principles, Government, Industrious, Labor, Machinery, Necessary, Parasites, Think, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Flowers Always Make People Better, Happier, and More Helpful; They Are Sunshine, Food and Medicine For the Soul
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” – Luther Burbank (7 Mar 1849-1926)
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Tagged Better, Flowers, Food, Happier, Helpful, Luther Burbank, Medicine, People, Soul, Sunshine, Thought For the Day
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Best Friends Without Words
Best Friends Without Wordsby Michael DoyleWithout words, because they mustOur furry friends show their trustIn small subtle signs of deep meaningAs they attach to their human beingsWith the unrestrained touch of their pawsWe feel and hear as their love callsHolding … Continue reading
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Tagged Age, Attach, Best Friends, Days, Deep Meaning, Dog, Dogs, Family, Fate, Feel and Hear, Furry Friends, Gaze, Happiness, Hapy, Human Beings, Love and Happines, Love and Joy, Love Calls, Miss, Must, Natural State, Once Had Me, Paw, Pets, Poetry and Poems, Puppy, Relaxed Ears, Subtle Signs, Trust, Type of Dog, Unrestrained Touch, Without Words
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First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit, and Intelligence of the Citizens. They Fall, When the Wise Are Banished from Public Councils
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, … Continue reading
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Tagged Banished, Betray, Created, Fall, First Principles, Flatter, Honest, Intelligence, Joseph Story, Public Councils, Public Spirit, Republics, Rewarded, The Citizens, The People, The Profligate, Virtue, Wise
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First Principles: Without Continual Growth and Progress, Such Words As Improvement, Achievement, and Success Have No Meaning
“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Achievement, Benjamin Franklin, Continual Growth, First Principles, Improvement, Meaning, Progress, Success, Words
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Thought For the Day: Success Is the Sum of Small Efforts, Repeated Day In and Day Out
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
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Tagged Day In, Day Out, Repeated, Robert Collier, Small Efforts, Success, Sum, Thought For Today
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Oneshotted Into Nihilism
Oneshotted Into Nihilismby Michael DoyleIt’s no longer pay-to-play but pay-to-winWith a milkshake duck, where do we beginMutating in iterative references made more visibleSocial media has mostly made us all more miserableWords rise from the internet’s tepid muckClaiming glory and defamation … Continue reading
First Principles: Geography Has Made Us Neighbors. History Has Made Us Friends. Economics Has Made Us Partners, and Necessity Has Made Us All. Those Whom God Has So Joined Together, Let No Man Put Asunder
“Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.” – John F. Kennedy
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Tagged Allies, Asunder, Ecoomics, First Principles, Friends, Geography, God, History, John F. Kennedy, Joined Together, Necessity, Neighbors, Partners
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