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First Principles: If You Want To Know Who Controls You, Look At Who You Are Not Allowed To Criticize
“If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.” – Voltaire
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Tagged Allow, Control, Criticize, First Principles, Know, Voltaire, Want
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Thought For The Day: Sometimes People Don’t Want To Hear the Truth Because They Don’t Want Their Illusions Destroyed
“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
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Tagged Destroy, Friedrich Nietzsche, Illusions, People, Thought For the Day, Truth
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My Dream Come True
My Dream Come Trueby Michael DoyleAs this evening’s shadows are growing long,There is a feeling inside that grows strong.In the time that I have spent learning about you,It’s the most natural thing for me to do.Dancing with you here in … Continue reading
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Tagged Charm, Dance, Deep, Dream, Evening, Fairy Tales, Fall, Fantasy, Feeling, Learn, Lonely, Lonely Arms, Love, Magical, Miracle, Natural Thing, Poetry and Poems, Shadow, Sleep, Strong, Time, True, You
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First Principles: The Greatest Good We Can Do Our Country Is To Heal Its Party Divisions and Make Them One People
“The greatest good we can do our country is to heal its party divisions and make them one people” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
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Tagged Country, First Principles, Greatest Good, Heal, One People, Party Divisions, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: The Mystical Bond of Brotherhood Makes All Men Brothers
“The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers.” – Thomas Carlyle
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Tagged All Mankind, Bond, Bortherhood, Brothers, Mystical, Thomas Carlyle, Thought For the Day
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The War On Free Speech
The War On Free Speechby Michael DoyleThere is one lesson of liberty, we must always teach.This is about the importance of maintaining free speech.Free thought and freedom of expression are the one libertyAbove all else, that is what is needed … Continue reading
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Tagged Democracy, Fear, Free Expression, Free Nation, Free Spech, Free Speech, Free Thought, Hear, History, Lesson, Liberty, News, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Teach, War
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First Principles: The Measure of the Wealth Of A Nation Is Indicated By the Measure of Its Protection of Its Industry
“The measure of the wealth of a nation is indicated by the measure of its protection of its industry; the measure of the poverty of a nation is marked by the degree in which it neglects and abandons the care … Continue reading
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Tagged Abandon, Action, First Principles, Foreign Powers, Henry Clay, Industry, Measure, Nation, Neglect, Poverty, Protection, Wealth
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Thought For the Day: Doing Nothing For Others Is the Undoing of One’s Self. We Must Be Purposely Kind and Generous, Or We Miss the Best Part of Existence
“Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one’s self. We must be purposely kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence. The heart that goes out of itself, gets large and full of joy. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged Existence, Heart, Horace Mann, Inner Life, Joy, Kind and Geerous, Large, Nothing, Others, Secret, Self, Thought For the Day, Undoing
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The Roll of Fathers
The Roll of Fathersby Michael DoyleLike a law of nature, it’s a natural factThat the roll of all fathers has its impact.In response and call, ever since the fall,Fundamentally, God is the father of us all.Since the Fall, imperfection has … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, Faith, Fall, Father's Day, Fathers, God, Grace, Imperfection, Jesus, Law of Nature, Poetry and Poems, Relationship
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First Principles: Start Children Off On the Way They Should Go, and Even When They Are Old They Will Not Turn From It
“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.’ – Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)
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