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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)
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Thought For the Day: It Is A Capital Mistake To Theorize Before One Has Data. Insensibly One Begins To Twist Facts To Suit Theories, Instead of Theories To Suit Facts
“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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A Photographic Means
A Photographic Means(Dedicated to Berenice Abbott)To widen our knowledgeOf a world seen through camera’s eyeIt’s truly something to acknowledgeAn acquaintance of truth that will not dieThough it does sometimes fadeawayIn the meantime, it teaches us of todayThere’s an education in … Continue reading
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Tagged Acknowledge, Acquaintance, Appeal, Artistic Expression, Camera's Eye, Communication, Composition, Comprehensible, Concession, Contingent, Die, Education, Emphasisze, Facilitation, Fadeaway, Genuine Aesthetic, Hard Enough, Hint, Honest, Indication, Information, Inner Dialog, Interpretation, Isolated, Knowledge, Neutrality, Objective, Offering, Photographic Means, Photographic Print, Physics, Poetry and Poems, Squint, Summation, Tale, Teach, Times and Places, Today, Transformation, Truth, Unforgettable, Visual, Visual Art, Widen, World
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Thought For the Day: Sometimes the Questions Are Complicated and the Answers Are Simple
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” – Dr. Seuss
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First Principles: Where There Is No Law, There Is No Liberty
“[W]here there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.” – Benjamin Rush, letter to David Ramsay, … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: History Teaches Us That Men and Nations Only Behave Wisely Once They Have Exhausted All Other Alternatives
“History teaches us that men and nations only behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.” – Abba Eban (1915-2002)
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First Principles: A Fondness For Power Is Implanted, In Most Men, and It Is Natural To Abuse It, When Acquired
“A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired.” – Alexander Hamilton (1775)
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Lessons From Tristan and Isolde
Lessons From Tristan and Isoldeby Michael DoyleLove has been the subject of great mysteryThroughout all of mankind’s fabled historySometimes life’s lessons have become legendaryFrom Shakespeare to the Athenian tragedyIt’s true what a thing it is, this fine messThat mortals confess … Continue reading
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Tagged Athenian Tragedy, Behind, Born To Die, Camelot, Chivalry, Confess, Cornwall, Courage, Courtly Love, Exception, Excess, Expectation, Fabled History, Higher Sense of Love, Honor, Ideal, Inetepretation, Justice, Knightly Code of Conduct, Legendary, Lessons, Love, Mess, Mind, Minstrelsy, Moon and Star, Mystery, Poetry and Poems, Reputation, Shakespeare, Tristan and Isolde, True, Victory
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Thought For the Day: I Will Remember That What Has Brought Us Up From Savagery Is A Loyalty To Truth, and Truth Cannot Emerge Unless It is Subjected To the Utmost Scrutiny
“I will remember that what has brought us up from savagery is a loyalty to truth, and truth cannot emerge unless it is subjected to the utmost scrutiny — will you not agree that a society which has lost sight … Continue reading
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First Principles: Liberty Can Have Nothing To Fear From the Judiciary Alone, But Would Have Everything To Fear From Its Union With Either of the Other Departments
“Liberty can have nothing to fear from the judiciary alone, but would have everything to fear from its union with either of the other departments.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)
