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Thought For the Day: The Last Stage But One of Every Civilization, Is Characterized By the Forced Political Unification of Its Constituent Parts, Into A Single Greater Whole
“The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single greater whole.” – Arnold J. Toynbee (1889-1975)
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First Principles: A Sacred Respect For the Constitutional Law Is the Vital Principles, the Sustaining Energy of A Free Government
“A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.” – Alexander Hamilton (1794)
First Principles: There is Nothing More Corrupting, Nothing More Destructive of the Noblest and Finest Feelings of Our Nature, Than the Exercise of Unlimited Power
“There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.” – William Henry Harrison
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Thought For the Day: The World Is Changed Not By the Self-Regarding, But By Men and Women Prepared To Make Fools of Themselves
“The world is changed not by the self-regarding, but by men and women prepared to make fools of themselves.” -P.D. James, novelist (3 Aug 1920-2014)
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Tagged Change, Fools, Men, P.D. James, Prepare, Self-Regarding, Thought For the Day, Wolrd, Women
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To Be A Warrior
To Be A Warriorby Michael DoyleTo be a warriorThat is to say, a good warriorRequires more than the draw your bladeAnd being assured your prowess is displayedNo, it requires a reasonA reason that is good to find that seasonWhen the … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle, Blade, Cause, Cherish, Days, Display, Due, Fights, Fine Steel, Fought, Good, Good Warrior, Greatest Kings, Heaven Above, Just, Know, Knowledge, Led, Love, Men, Poetry and Poems, Prowess, Reason, Repeat, Require, Said, Seaason, Sought, Soul, Strength, Thousand Lights, Time, True Warrior, Truth, Understood, Victory, Warrior, Win, Written, Youth
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First Principles: He That Would Make His Own Liberty Secure, Must Guard Even His Enemy From Oppression, For If He Violates, This Duty, He Establishes A Precedent
“He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.” – Thomas Paine, Dissertation On First Principles of Government (1791)
Thought For the Day: You Think Your Pains and Heartbreaks Are Unprecedented In the History of the World, But Then You Read
“You think your pains and heartbreaks are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me were the very things that connected me with all the … Continue reading
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Tagged All the People, Books, Connect, Heartbreak, History, James Baldwin, Pain, Read, Taught, Think, Thought For the Day, Torment, Unprecedented, World
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For Your 16th Birthday
For Your 16th Birthdayby Michael DoyleThe hours are past and moved into the nightI was blessed by a day that you made brightA day before your actual birthday but beautifulIt was a celebration of how you’re so wonderfulSweet daughter of … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Birthday, Beautiful, Birthday, Blessed, Bright, Celebration, Daughter of Mine, Did Good, Face, Father, Gift, Greatest Treasures, Grow, Grow Up, Guess, Heart's Delight, Hours, Know, Live, Loving Daughter, Night, One, Poetry and Poems, Presents, Proud, Shopping, Smile, Step Farther, Thank God, Trial, Watch, Ways, Wonderful
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Thought For the Day: Of All the Preposterous Assumptions of Humanity Over Humanity, Nothing Exceeds Most of the Criticisms Made On the Habits of the Poor By the Well-Houses, Well-Warmed and Well-Fed
“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.” -Herman Melville, novelist and poet (1 Aug 1819-1891) But that doesn’t mean … Continue reading
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Tagged Assumptions, Criticism, Exceed, Habits, Herman Melville, Humanity, Poor, Preposterous, Thought For the Day, Well-Fed, Well-Housed, Well-Warmed
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