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First Principles: A Good Moral Character Is the First Essential In A Man
“[A] good moral character is the first essential in a man…It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous. ” – George Washington (1790)
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Tagged Character, First Essential, First Pirnciples, George Washington, Good, Important, Learned, Mankind, Moral, Virtuous
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Thought For the Day: Wealth and Rank Are What Man Desires, But Having Contentment Is the Greatest Wealth and Highest Rank
“Wealth and rank are what man desires, but having contentment is the greatest wealth and highest rank.” – Confucius
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A Call For the Nation’s Unity
A Call For the Nation’s Unityby Michael DoyleFor God’s good satisfactionPrayers must be followed by the right actionsThis is true in our way of governmentEspecially if we are seeking after our improvementWe know we care for our familyWe must, therefore, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversity, America, Call, Center, Common Ground, Cost, Debate, Dignity, Divinity, Family, Foundation, God, God's Help, Government, Heart, History, Honesty, Humility, Improvement, Lasting Peace, Mandate, Mercy, Nation, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Prayer, Right Action, Satisfaction, Shining Light, Speak, Stand, Start, Steady, Storm, Treat, Truth, Understand, Uniffier, Unity
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First Principles: We Must Consider That We Shall Be As A City Upon A Hill. The Eyes of All People Are Upon Us
“For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. Soe that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so … Continue reading
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Tagged All People, City, Consider, Eyes, First Principles, Hill, John Winthrop, We
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Thought For the Day: If There’s A Book You Really Want To Read, But It Hasn’t Been Written Yet, Then You Must Write It
“If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” – Toni Morrison
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Tagged Book, Read, Thought For the Day, Toni Morrison, Write, Written
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To Know Love Actually
To Know Love Actuallyby Michael DoyleI was just saying helloWhen you started saying goodbyeI kept trying the best I know Being persistent in giving it my best tryLove can be and is so cruelAnd I am inevitably its foolStill, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Actual, Agony, Beginning To End, Best Friend, Christmas, Cruel, Dark Horses, Emotion, Factual, Flaw, Fool, Forgiving, Gift, Giving, Goodbey, Heartbreak, Hello, Know, Love, Million MIles, Mine, Mistake, Motion, Persistent, Poetry and Poems, Real Answers, Sorrow, Text Lines, This Day, Tomorrow, True Love, Truly Mine, Valentine, Wish, Words
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First Principles: The Care of Human Life and Happiness, and Not Their Destruction, Is the First and Only Legitimate Object of Good Government
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Tagged Care, Destruction, First, First Principles, Good Government, Human Life, Legitimate Object, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: That Community Is Already In the Process of Dissolution Where Each Man Begins To Eye His Neighbor As A Possible Enemy
“That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without … Continue reading
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Tagged Community, Dissolutioin, Each, Eye, Learned Hand, Neighbor, Possible Enemy, Process, Thought For the Day
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Discerning the Consequences
Discerning the Consequencesby Michael DoyleStanding up steady to be presentWe’re fully ready to representAs we adjust our attitudesUntil we are ready with our gratitudeRising up in confidenceWe rely on the ways of providenceAs we stumble toward getting rightWe need this … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Confidence, Consequences, Discernment, Faith, God, God's Light, Gratitude, Human Being, Jesus, Mature, Meaning, Nature, Poetry and Poems, Preparation, Providence, Represent, Right, Struggle, Trend, Truth
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