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Thought For the Day: When the Eyes Say One Thing, and the Tongue Another, A Practiced Man Relies On the Language of the First
“When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the first.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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First Principles: A People Who Mean To Be Free Must Be Prepare To Meet Danger In Person, and Not Rely Upon the Fallacious Protection of Armies
“A people who mean to be free must be prepared to meet danger in person, and not rely upon the fallacious protection of armies.” – Edmund Randolph
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She Learns To Survive
She Learns To Surviveby Michael DoyleTo her, I’m her fatherAs I watch my daughterWalking alone in the nightShe’s always been my lightBut it wasn’t always this wayShe’s haunted by the dayThese moments hidden insideBehind her fragile prideHe took her innocenceI’ve … Continue reading
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First Principles: If the Laws Are To Be Trampled Upon With Impunity, and A Minority Is To Dictate To the Majority, There Is An End Put At One Stroke To Republican Government
“If the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put at one stroke to republican government, and nothing but anarchy and confusion is to be … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Wishing To Be Friends Is Quick Work, But Friendship Is A Slow Ripening Fruit
“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.” – Aristotle
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That I Might Be of Service
That I Might Be of Serviceby Michael DoyleJesus is the holy and sacred nameOf the one who took away my shamePowerful enough to break every chainRefreshing my life like the pouring rainEvery day begins on my kneesTalking to God who … Continue reading
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First Principles: Liberty Consists In the Freedom To Do Everything Which Injures No One Else
“Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Stars Are Holes In the Sky From Which the Light of the Infinite Shines
“Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.” – Confucius
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 
History Dignifies the Presidents
History Dignifies the Presidentsby Michael DoyleOn this Presidents Day, a few comments are deservedAs we look back on nation as it is preservedTrue to the faith of our republic’s sovereignty Is the struggle to keep our nation’s dignityOur story is … Continue reading →