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First Principles: The Jealousy of A Free People Ought To Be Constantly Awake; Since History and Experience Prove That Foreign Influence Is One of the Most Baneful Foes of Republican Government
“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful … Continue reading
Righteousness In Political Graces
Righteousness In Political Gracesby Michael DoyleSome leave God in the cradle of His birthThough He’s shown us His love and worthSome have left God hanging on the crossBut that’s only to their sorrow and lossIt’s the rolling of the stone … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, All Actions, Best Walk, Birth, Celebration, Choose Wisely, Cradle, Cross, Distraction, Dreams, Empty Tomb, Face, Faith, Fragrances, God, Goodness, Grace, Graced, Grow, Hanging, Humanity, Humility, Jubilation, Learn, Leave God, Led, Lesser Kings, Loss, Love, Plurality, Poetry and Poems, Political, Profound Traces, Reign, Righteousness, Rob, Rolling of the Stone, Room, Shown, Social Graces, Sorrow, Suprreme, The King, True Love, Worth
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First Principles: Liberty Cannot Be Preserved Without A General Knowledge Among the People, Who Have A Right…To Knowledge
“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right, from the frame of their nature, to knowledge, as their great Creator, who does nothing in vain, has given them understandings, and a desire to … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: When You Hurt People, They Begin To Love you Less. That’s What Careless Words Do. They Make People Love You A Little Less
“When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That’s what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.” – Arundhati Roy
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Each Moment’s Thankfulness
Each Moment’s Thankfulnessby Michael DoyleIn this world folded into blindnessToo many have forgotten kindnessI think it begins with gratitudeLooking on the world with right attitudeBefore this, there is the participationThat slowly seeps into relaxationPeace comes with every breath takenAllowing this … Continue reading
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Tagged Allow, Appreciation, Begin, Blindness, Bliss, Breath Taken, Connect, Eaase, Each Breath, Each Moment, Exhale, Feeling, Find, First Filled, Fold, Forgotten, Gratitude, Happiness, Human Being, Kindness, Know, Life, Look, Loving Embrace, Meant To Be, Meant To See, Moment, Now, Pace, Participaion, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Relaxation, Right Attitude, Seeing, Self-Made, Shaken, Shoulders and Body, Simple, Slow, Somehow, Strife, Tension, Thankful, Thankfulness, Too Many, Way Out, World
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Have A Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving 2023!!
Whatever your favorite ways of celebrating and saying thanks to God, family, and friends, I hope your days are filled with joy and blessings!!
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Tagged 2023, Blessed, Celebrate, Family, Favorite Ways, Friends, God, Happy, Happy Thanksgiving Day!, Joy, Thanksgiving, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: As We Express Our Gratitude, We Must Never Forget That the Highest Appreciation Is Not To Utter Words But To Live By Them
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy
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Tagged Appreciation, By Them, Express, Graitude, High, John F. Kennedy, Live, Never Forget, Thought For the Day, Utter, Words
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First Principles: It Is the Duty of All Nations To Acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, To Obey His Will, Be Grateful For His Benefits, and Humbly Implore His Protection and Favor
“(I)t is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor…” – George Washington, Thanksgiving Proclamation, 3 October 1789 … Continue reading
That You Know Me
That You Know Meby Michael DoyleYou are the same God todayAs you were in my yesterdayYou are the same God who has stayedFaithfully as the God to whom I prayedAll those years so long agoAnd through all my ebbs and … Continue reading
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Tagged Body, Ebbs and Flows, Faith, Heal, Know, Path, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Stay, Today, Victory, Walk, Yesterday
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Thought For the Day: We Have To Do With the Past Only As We Can Make It Useful To the Present and the Future
“We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.” – Frederick Douglass, in The Meaning of the Fourth of July For the Negro
