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First Principles: Arbitrary Power Is Most Easily Established On the Ruins of Liberty Abused To Licentiousness
“Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.” – George Washington (1753)
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Tagged Abuse, Arbitrary Power, Established, First Principles, George Washington, Liberty, Licentiousness, Ruins
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Blessed By His Glory
Blessed By His Gloryby Michael DoyleI’m thankful for the abilityGiven to all of humanityTo lift our voices in praiseWe raise this sound throughout our daysIt is to the risen kingThat we will always singFor He who heals us and savesAnd … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Amazing Grace, Believers, Blessed, Distant Times, Faith, Glory, Grave, Heal, Humanity, Lift, Lion, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Pray, Righteousness, Risen King, Save, Savior, Story, Thankful, Throne, Trust, Voices
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First Principles: The Problem To Be Solved Is, Not What Form of Government Is Perfect, But Which of the Forms Is Least Imperfect
“It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a misfortune. This necessity however exists; and the problem to be solved is, not what form … Continue reading
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Tagged Evil, Exist, First Principles, Form, Government, James Madison, Least Imperfect, Misfortune, Necessity, Perfect, Problem, Proper, Solve
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Thought For the Day: You’re Only Given A Little Spark of Madness and If You Lose That, You’re Nothing
“You’re only given a little spark of madness and if you lose that, you’re nothing.” – Robin Williams, in A Night at the Roxy
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Tagged Given, Little Spark, Lose, Madness, Nothing, Robin Williams, Thought For the Day, You
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In the Heat of August
In the Heat of Augustby Michael DoyleRising temperatures affect the moodWith noisy insects seeming to intrudeSome live to complain line after lineBut I think instead, I’ll make August mineEven a poet or two finds it a povertyThat they cannot enjoy … Continue reading
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Tagged Affect, August, Autumn, Blue Moon, Children, Complain, Dreams, Dusk, Embrace, Evening Woods, Explore, Favorite, Feast, Fields of Flowers, Fireflies, Forget, Fruit, Heat, Helen Hunt Jackson, Hours, Intrude, Line After Line, Magic, Mine, Mood, Moon Beams, Nature, Noisy Insects, Poet, Poetry and Poems, Pools, Poverty, Regret, Ripe, Rising Temperatures, Soul, Summer's Last Stand, Sunny Days, Swim, Swimming Holes, Tapestry, Think, Understand, Violets
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First Principles: The Moment the Idea Is Admitted Into Society that Property Is Not As Sacred As the Laws of God, and That There Is Not A Force of Law and Public Justice To Protect It, Anarchy and Tyranny Commence
“The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.” – John … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: If We Were To Wake Up Some Morning and Find That Everyone Was the Same Race, Creed, and Color, We Would Find Some Other Cause For Prejudice By Noon
“If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed, and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon.” – George D. Aiken, US senator (20 Aug 1892-1984)
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Tagged Cause, Coilor, Creed, Eveyrone, George D. Aiken, Morning, Noon, Prejudice, Race, Thought For the Day, Wake Up
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Asian American Is Not A Color
Asian American Is Not A Colorby Michael DoyleAll these phenotypes and social constructionsHave led to oppression and humanity’s destructionColors cannot be the references of relationshipWarped as it is under the God that we worshipImperfect groups are clustered in racial identityAnd … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian American, Atonal Racism, Blinking Hazard Lights, Busy Streets, China Town, Clustered, Colors, Destiny, Destruction, Divide, Double Parked Cars, Down, Fuss Enough, Gauntlet, God, Hallways, Hard To Own, Hate Others, Holler, Humanity, Imperfect Groups, Injustice, Journey, Lasting Peace, Nations, Not A Color, Oppression, Phenotypes, Poetry and Poems, Procrastination, Questions, Racial Fairness, Racial Identity, References, Relationship, Rules, Semi-Tragic Way, Shape, Skin Tone, Social Constructions, Stars, Struggle, War, Warped, Wonder, Worship
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