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First Principles: We Lay It Down As Fundamental, That Laws, To be Just, Must Give A Reciprocation of Right; Without this, The Are Mere Arbitrary Rules of Conduct
“We lay it down as a fundamental, that laws, to be just, must give a reciprocation of right; that, without this, they are mere arbitrary rules of conduct, founded in force, and not in conscience.” -Thomas Jefferson, in Notes On … Continue reading
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Tagged Arbitrary, Conscience, First Principles, Force, Founded, Fundamental, Just, Laws, Lay It Down, Reciprocation of Right, Rules of Conduct, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Out of the Quarrel With Others We Make Rhetoric; Out of the Quarrel With Ourselves We Make Poetry
“Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry.” -William Butler Yeats, writer, Nobel laureate (13 Jun 1865-1939)
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Tagged Others, Ourself, Out, Poetry, Quarrel, Rhetoric, Thought For the Day, William Butler Yeats
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Life Under the Black Sail
Life Under the Black Sailby Michael DoyleUnder the black sailIt’s hard to trustBut if you’re to surviveYou find you really mustIn this world There is always doubtBut it’s never acknowledgedOr often talked aboutThis is a placeWhere among the plans conceivedAnd … Continue reading
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Tagged Acknowledged, Another, Black Sail, Certainty, Conceived, Conspiracy, Dance, Doubt, Exciting, Find, Gold, Half-Believed, Hard, Inviting, Lifee, Must, One Chance In Three, Pirate, Place, Plans, Poetry and Poems, Pursuit, Survive, Tales, Talked About, Told, Trust, Truth, Urgency, World
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First Principles: It Will Not Be Denied That Power Is Of An Encroaching Nature and That It Ought To Be Effectually Restrained From Passing the Limits Assigned It
“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.” – James Madison (1788), in Federalist Paper No. 48
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Thought For the Day: Human Greatness Does Not Lie In Wealth or Power, But In Character and Goodness
“Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.” – Anne Frank
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To Touch Your Shadow
To Touch Your Shadowby Michael DoyleThrough physical, we find affirmationIn this, we have signaled confirmationWrapped in layers of living securityOur love makes our sense of libertyThese are the rules we agreeably play byFinding our truths by which we’ll stay byWe … Continue reading
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Tagged Affections, Affirmation, Afraid, Agreements, Beating, Best Plans, Break My Heart, Build, Confirmation, Connection, Drink, Eternity, Eyes, Fear, Felt, Freed, Gentle and Light, God, Grow, Hint, Insight, Know, Layers, Lean, Learn To Slow, Liberty, Love, Made, Meant, Move Too Fast, Music, My Heart, Needs, New Start, Ocean of Love, Physical, Play By, Poetry and Poems, Rest, Right Direction, Rule, Security, Signal, Sorrow, Stay By, Stayed, Stretch, Toast the Years, Touch, Touch By Touch, Touch Your Shadow, Truths, Walk, Your Shadow
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First Principles: Enlightened Statesmen Will Not Always Be At the Helm
“Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.” – James Madison (1787)
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Thought For the Day: A Great Book Should Leave You With Many Experiences, and Slightly Exhausted At the End. You Live Several Lives While Reading It
“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.” – William Styron, novelist (11 Jun 1925-2006)
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Red Light Kissing
Red Light Kissingby Michael DoyleSometimes valid issues are hadEven true hearts can be sadBut the kiss of love is understandingAnd be giving, not overly demandingEach couple must without hesitationLearn to appreciate the value of questionsThere are many things of major … Continue reading
First Principles: The Most Sacred of the Duties of A Government Is To Do Equal and Impartial Justice To All Citizens
“The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all citizens.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)
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