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Thought of the Day: If Liberty Means Anything At All, It Means the Right To Tell People What They Do Not Want To Hear
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” —George Orwell (1903-1950)ople what they do not want to hear.” – George Orwell (1903-1950)
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First Principles: In A Society Under the Forms of Which the Stronger Faction Can Readily Unite and Oppress the Weaker, Anarchy May As Truly Be Said To Reign As In A State of Nature
“In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign as in a state of nature.” – James Madison (1788)
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Thought For the Day: We Are What We Repeatedly Do. Excellence Then, Is Not An Act, But A Habit
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
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First Principles: Liberty..Justly Understood Is Sacred
“Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world. Justly understood it is sacred next to those which we appropriate in divine adoration; but in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Comprehends, Divine Adoration, Evil, First Principles, Good, Liberty, Oliver Ellsworth, Sacred, Understood, Word, World
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Happy Valentine’s Day 2022
May everyone have the happiest and most blessed of Valentine’s Days this February 14, 2022. Always remember that God loves you!
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Nothing Better Than You, Lord
Nothing Better Than You, Lordby Michael DoyleEven as I walk through shadowThere’s something that I knowYour love will always surround meEven when I don’t deserve your sympathyWhen my life becomes ashesAnd my spirit tears with the thrashesThe fight and battle … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Ashes, Asunder, Blunder, Compare, Connection, Direction, Dread, Faith, Fight and Battle, God, Head, Heart, Know, Lord, Meaning, Nothing Better, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Questions, Shadow, Soar, Sympathy, Thrash, Wandered, Wondered, Word, World, Your Love
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Thought For the Day: You Don’t Stop Loving Because You Grow Old, You Grow Old Because You Stop Loving
“You don’t stop loving because you grow old, you grow old because you stop loving.” – Michael Pritchard
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First Principles: The Whole Art of Government Consists In the Art of Being Honest. Only Aim To Do Your Duty, and Mankind Will Give You Credit Where You Fail
“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.” – Thomas Jefferson (1774)
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On Care of the Soul
On the Care of the Soulby Michael DoyleWith emphasis on heart, soul, and mindIn gaining that which is not to be left behindChristianity takes its role in the soul gameGaining the path of life frame by frameAuthenticity may seem like … Continue reading
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Tagged Articulation, Authenticity, Care, Christ, Christianity, Conform, Disturbances, Divine Thumbprint, Embrace, Emphasis, Essence, Faith, Feelings, Fullness, Gain, Gospel, Hard Stuff, Heart, I Make the Lord Weary, Light, Mental Thickness, Mind, Path of Life, Petty and Sad, Poetry and Poems, Rest, Reveal, Role, Salvation, Sickness, Soul, Sustain, Symptoms, Test, Thoughts, Thrive, Troubled, Trust, Valuable, Vulnerable, Yoke
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First Principles: The People Made the Constitution, and the People Can Unmake It. It Is the Creature of Their Will, and Lives Only By Their Will
“The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their will, and lives only by their will.” – Justice John Marshall
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