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First Principles: The Care of Human Life and Happiness, and Not Their Destruction, Is the First and Only Legitimate Object of Good Government
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson
Thought For the Day: Our Whole Constitutional Heritage Rebels At the Thought of Giving Government the Power To Control Men’s Minds
“If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Constitutional Heritage, Control, Films, First Amendment, Government, Justice Thurgood Marshall, Means, Minds, No Business, Power, Read, Rebel, State, Thought, Thought For the Day, Watched
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First Principles: Wherever the Real Power In A Government Lies, There Is the Danger of Oppression
“Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.” – James Madison (1788)
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Tagged Danger, First Principles, Government, James Madison, Oppression, Real Power, Wherever
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Thought For the Day: This Warning That the FDA Issued Is Basically Saying That Puberty Blockers Can Cause Serious Health Risks for Our Kids
“The FDA made a disturbing but not at all surprising announcement just a few days ago about children’s health. Now, if you haven’t heard about it or if you missed it, it’s because the mainstream media and the Biden-Harris administration … Continue reading
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Tagged Cause, FDA, Health Risks, Kids, Puberty Blockers, Serious, Thought For the Day, Warniing
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First Principles: The Instruments By Which the Government Must Act Are Either the Authority of the Laws or Force. If the First Is Destroyed, the Last Must Be Substituted
“The instruments by which [the government] must act are either the AUTHORITY of the laws or FORCE. If the first be destroyed, the last must be substituted; and where this becomes the ordinary instrument of government there is an end … Continue reading
To Angie (At Age 15)
To Angie (At Age 15)by Michael DoyleSince the day you entered the worldWith longish locks and fists uncurledI have stood amazed and maybe dotedAs I looked into your heart devotedAs it was and still in angelic senseArmed with a smile … Continue reading
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Tagged Age 15, Amazed, Angelic, Angie, Beautiful, Birthday, Blossom, Daughter, Daugther, Devoted, Easy, Father, Independence, Kind, Love, Make the World Better, Poetry and Poems, Smile, Treasure Chest, Wonderful, World
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First Principles: Greater Love Has No One Than This: To Lay Down One’s Life For One’s Friends
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” -John 15:12-14
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Tagged First Principles, Greater Love, John 15:12-14, Lay Down, No One
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Thought For the Day: What A Child Doesn’t Receive He Can Seldom Later Give
“What a child doesn’t receive he can seldom later give.” -P.D. James (Phyllis Dorothy James), novelist (3 Aug 1920-2014)
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Tagged Child, Doesn't Receive, Give, Later, P.D. James, Seldom, Thought For the Day, What
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Thought For the Day: I Imagine One of the Reasons People Cling To Their Hates So Stubbornly Is Because They Sense, Once Hate Is Gone, They’ll Be Forced To Deal With Pain
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain” -James Baldwin, writer (2 Aug 1924-1987)
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Tagged Cling, Deal, Forced, Gone, Hate, Imagine, James Baldwin, Pain, People, Reasons, Sense, Stubborn, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Jesus Replied: “Love the Lord Your God With All Your Heart and With All Your Soul and With All Your Mind”
“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’”– Matthew 22:37 (New International Version)
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Tagged All Your Heart, All Your Mind, All Your Soul, First Principles, God, Jesus, Lord, Matthew 22:37 (NIV), Reply
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