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First Principles: The American Republic Will Endure Until the Day Congress Discovers That It Can Bribe the Public With the Public’s Money
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” – Alexis de Tocqueville
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In the Armor of Christ
In the Armor of Christby Michael DoyleUnpacked in a letter to predicateThe good news the Bible indicatesIs the bridging of the gap to build our communityIt’s a story of starting as one to become a familyI am a wealthy man … Continue reading
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Tagged Armor of Christ, Bible, Born, Bridge, Challenge, Choice, Community, Consequence, Context, Determination, Devil, Devil's Army, Evil Hour, Faith, Faithful, Family, Fight, Gap, God's Power, Good News, Heaven, Letter, Light, Live, Love, Personal History, Poetry and Poems, Recompense, Resistance, Score, Shaped, Spiritual Measure, Strong, Trace, Treasure, Truth and Righteousness, Unpacked, Victims of Sin, Victory, War, Weak, Wealthy
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Thought For the Day: The Purpose of Life Is Not To Be Happy. It is To Be Useful, To Be Honorable, To Be Compassionate, To Have It Make Some Difference That You Have Lived and Lived Well
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
First Principle: Be Kind and Compassionate To One Another, Forgiving Each Other, Just As In Christ God Forgave you
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” – Ephesians 4:32
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Outbursts of Truth
Outbursts of Truthby Michael DoyleAll my repeated outbursts of truthHave gotten me in trouble since my youthFor you see, truth can destroy the worldsEven the worlds ruled by fallen godsWho each have sought, by meteors hurled, To increase their own … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient, Apples, Arcane, Belief, Breeze, Cared, Clarity, Control, Cross, Dare, Daughters, Deception, Defiance, Delivered, Destroy, Drown, Earth, Emotions, Erroneous, Errorss, Fallen Gods, Father, Feet, Fly, Free, God, Grace, Greatest Artisst, Hair, Heads High, Hearts, Held Down, Hell, Holdfast, Human Being, Intolerance, Inventory, Know, Life, Line, Lose, Loss, Matter of Preception, Mature, Meteors, Moment, Mortal, Mortal Man, Natural Ways, Natured, Ocean, Odss, Outbursts, Pagan Gods, Path, Peace, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Potions, Practice, Punish, Questions, Reality, Repentance, Rise Above, Ruled, Share, Sincereity, Slim Odds, Slink, Sought, Soul, Spent My Time, Strife, Sublime, Submit, Sunflowers, Sweet, Teach, Time and Again, Trickery, Trouble, True Love, Truth, Voice, Whsper, Wonder, Worlds, Youth
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Thought For the Day: If I Know What Love Is, It Is Because of You
“If I know what love is, it is because of you.” – Herman Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund
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First Principles: Virtue Or Morality Is A Necessary Spring of Popular Government
“Virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every species of free Government.” – George Washington (1796)
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I Bought You A Necklace
I Bought You A Necklaceby Michael DoyleIn love since the beginningI can’t help but feel I’m winningIt’s so surreal in what I findA love like this is my state of mindIt’s all about thinking that I canYour love makes me … Continue reading
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Tagged Altar, Beads, Beginning, Best Friend, Better Man, Blessed, Celebration, Commit, Day One, Embrace, Exactly, Falter, Family, Fascination, Feel, Find, Forgiven, Given, God, Gorgeous, Life, Lifetime, Love, Marry Me, Memory, Must, Necklace, One Day, Place, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Remember Me, Reverie, State of Mind, Surreal, Thinking, Trust, Truth Lived, Vows, Whisper, Wife, Winning, Wrongs
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Thought For the Day: Courage Is Never To Let Your Actions Be Influenced By Your Fears
“Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.” – Arthur Koestler, author (5 Sep 1905-1983)
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Tagged Actions, Arthur Koestler, Courage, Fear, Influence, Never, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Neither the Wisest Constitution Nor the Wisest Laws Will Secure the Liberty and Happiness of A People Whose Manners Are Universally Corrupt
“Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.” – Samuel Adams (1749)
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