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First Principles: The End of Law Is Not To Abolish Or Restrain, But To Preserve and Enlarge Freedom…Where There Is No Law, There Is No Freedom
“The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.” – John Locke
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Thought For the Day: Too Many of Us Are Not Living Our Dreams Because We Are Living Our Fears
“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” — Les Brown
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Victory Stride
Victory Strideby Michael DoyleWhen Jesus called my nameHis gospel I came to proclaim.Broken chains gave me my freedomAnd now I serve His kingdom.I had been lost in the harshnessWanting to outpower the darkness.But I finally got it rightWhen I walked … Continue reading
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Tagged Broken Chains, Darkness, Freedom, Gospel, Harshness, Jesus, Kingdom, Libht, Lost, Name, Poetry and Poems, Proclaim, Right, Stride, Victory
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Thought For the Day: Because Man and Woman Are the Complement of One Another, We need Woman’s Thought In National Affairs To Make A Safe and Stable Government
“Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman’s thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government.” – Elizabeth Cady Stanton (The real feminists who fought and risked for women’s full participation in … Continue reading
Approaching Thanksgiving’s Love
Approaching Thanksgiving’s Loveby Michael DoyleWe learn to talk just to talkUnder an accidental moonlight walk.Learning that maybe we love to talk,At least that is with whom we can really talk.Practicing lines of unnecessary lies,The kind that cut deep into the … Continue reading
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Tagged Approach, Deep, Eyes, Faith, God, Gratitude, Jesus, Learn, Moonlight Walk, Plan, Poetry and Poems, Talk, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Love, Unnecessary Lies
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First Principles: We, Too, Born To Freedom, and Believing In Freedom, Are Willing To Fight To Maintain Freedom
“We, too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We, and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Tagged Believe, Born, Deep, Die On Our Feet, Fight, First Principles, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Freedom, Live On Our Knees, Maiintain
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Thought For the Day: The Object of War Is Not To Die For Your Country But To Make the Other Bastard Die For His
“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.” – General George S. Patton Happy Veterans Day, especially to my fellow Veterans and their families.
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Tagged Country, Death, Die, General George S. Patton, Object, Thought For the Day, War
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Love’s Chance Brings Gratitude
Love’s Chance Brings Gratitudeby Michael DoyleTrue beauty rests within the heart.There is, perhaps, no better place to start.Moonshine begins from within beauty’s skin.Truth and beauty will tell you when…Setting the journey at a leisurely pace,Beauty leaves its eternal trace.It is … Continue reading
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Tagged Appreciation, Coffee, Deserve, Drink, Faith, Finest Art, Gratitude, Heart, Journey, Life, Light, Love, Love's Chance, Moonshine, Pace, Pleasure, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Serve, Skin, Start, Think, Trace, True Beauty, When, Window Reflection, Writing
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First Principles: Stability In Government Is Essential To National Character and To the Advantages Annexed It
“Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it, as well as to that repose and confidence in the minds of the people, which are among the chief blessings of civil society.” – James … Continue reading
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Tagged Advantage, Annex, Blessings, Civil Society, Confidence, Eseential, First Principles, Government, National Character, Repose, Stabilty, The People
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