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First Principles: Always Stand On Principle…Even If You Stand Alone
“Always stand on principle…even if you stand alone.” – John Adams
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Thought For the Day: Boys, I Only Did My Duty; the Old Flag Never Touched the Ground
“Boys, I only did my duty; the old flag never touched the ground!” – William Carney
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Complexity-Simplified
Complexity Simplifiedby Michael DoyleOf all the things I have in life reservedThe right to peacefulness is deservedI have no need for people who like to cause stressAnd this is something I will readily address2024 will be a year of peace … Continue reading
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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…” – George Washington
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Thought For the Day: The Love of One’s Country Is A Splendid Thing. But Why Should Love Stop At the Border?
“The love of one’s country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?” -Pablo Casals, cellist, conductor, and composer (29 Dec 1876-1973)
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Sharp Edges
Sharp Edgesby Michael DoyleThe last eight years have been like a thrown gauntletBetween the sadness and anger, it’s been a punch in the gutThat serves best to divide this nation and world’s mindsIt is as if we’ve left our optimism … Continue reading
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Tagged Alcohol, Alientation, America, Anger, Beehind, Depression, Despair, Desperation, Detail, Devotion, Divide, Dream, Drugs, Gauntlet, Hate, Hell, Impression, Mean, Mother's Child, Murder, Murder In Slow Motion, Nation, Optimism, Poetry and Poems, Publicized, Punch, Repair, Sadness, Sharp Edges, Suicide, Thread, Venom Trail, Wonder, World
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First Principles: Our Peculiar Security Is In the Possession of A Written Constitution. Let Us Not Make It A Blank Paper By Construction
“Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction.” – Thomas Jefferson (1803)
Thought For the Day: In the Case of Good Books, the Point Is Not How Many of Them You Can Get Through, But Rather How Many Can Get Through To You
“In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.” -Mortimer J. Adler, philosopher, educator, and author (28 Dec 1902-2001)
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First Principles: To Model Our Political Systems Upon Speculations of Lasting Tranquility Would Be to Calculate On the Weaker Springs of Human Character
“To judge from the history of mankind, we shall be compelled to conclude that the fiery and destructive passions of war reign in the human breast with much more powerful sway than the mild and beneficent sentiments of peace; and … Continue reading
