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First Principles: It Is the Duty of All Nations To Acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, To Obey His Will, To Be Grateful For His Benefits, and Humbly To Implore His Protection and Favors
“It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.” – George Washington, Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1789
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The New Tolerance
The New Toleranceby Michael Doyle A little something about toleranceIt’s not by majority or in ignoranceTruth is absolute and not up for voteThe new intolerance needs an antidote This the antidote or speaking truthSomething we should from our youthTruth spoken … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolute, Antidote, Day by Day, Equal In Worth, Ignorance, Intolerance, Majoirty, New, North, Objective, One Way, Opinion, Poetry and Poems, Saving Grace, Speaking Truth, Subjective, Tolerance, Truth, Vote, Youth
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First Principles: The Spirit of Encroachment Tends to Consolidate the Powers of All the Departments In One, and Thus to Create…A Real Despotism
“The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form of government, a real despotism.” – George Washington (1796)
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Tagged Consolidate, Departments, Encroachment, First Principles, Form of Goverment, George Washington, One, Powers, Real Despotism, Spirit
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Thought For the Day: The Characteristic of A Well-Bred Man, Is To Converse With His Inferiors Without Insolence, and With His Superiors With Respect and Ease
“The characteristic of a well-bred man is, to converse with his inferiors without insolence, and with his superiors with respect and with ease.” – Lord Chesterfield, statesman and writer (22 Sep 1694-1773)
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Tagged Characteristic, Converse, Ease, Inferiors, Lord Chesterfield, Respect, Superiors, Thought For the Day, Without Insolence
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The Best Answers
The Best Answersby Michael DoyleThe best answers are seldom violenceDespite the circumstances or incidencesThe toughest battles are fought withinThe struggle is to find peace againThe one who truly wins this contestHas found the path to tranquility’s restNo longer pushed by … Continue reading
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Tagged Best Answers, Circumstance, Incidence, Poetry and Poems, Violence
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First Principles: Our Obligations To Our Country Never Cease But With Our Lives
“Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.” – John Adams, letter to Benjamin Rush, 1808
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Thought For the Day: Every Time I See an Adult on a Bicycle, I No Longer Despair for the Future of the Human Race
“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.” -H.G. Wells, writer (21 Sep 1866-1946)
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Tagged Adult, Bicycle, Despair, Every Time, Future, H.G. Wells, Human Race, See, Thought For the Day
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A Dragon Born
A Dragon Bornby Michael DoyleIn the province of Henan, gungfu was bornTo rise to defeat China’s enemies as swornShaolin’s grace side by side with Tai Chi’s schoolBrought honor to their disciples’ ruleA battle head was one of strictly set contestFighting … Continue reading
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Tagged All That Is Left, Alley Ways, Anger and Pride, Avoid, Battle, Born, Brick, Building Up, China, Contest, Deciding Factor, Defeat, Disciple, Discipline, Dragon, Ebb and Flow, Enemy, Equilibrium, Every Moment, Extra Weight, Fall, Fate, Fights, Forget, Game, Glass, Glory, Grace, Gracious, Grow, Gungfu, Hard Learned, Henan, Hollywood, Honor, Humility, Importance, Increase, Increasing Strife, Inside, Keep Control, Lessons, Life Comes, Live, Live Strong, Live Yet Another Day, Lost In Life, Need, Other Person's Head, Pain, Path, Penance, Poetry and Poems, Power, Province, Restoration, Rule, Seal, Seifoo, Shaolin, Share, Side By Side, Skill, Spirit Unbroken, Spoken, Step By Step, Street, Strict, Tai Chi, Tea, Torn Down, Trick, True, Unspoken, Victory's Crown, Ways, When, Whisper, Will, Win, Won, Words
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First Principles: Repeal That Welfare Law, and You Will Soon See A Change In their Manners. Industry Will Increase
“Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. [I]ndustry will increase, and with it plenty among the lower people; their circumstances will mend, and more will be done for their happiness by inuring them … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Change, Circumstances, Divide, Done, Estates, First Principles, Happiness, Increase, Industry, Inure, manners, Mend, Plenty, Provide, Repeal, Welfare
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Thought For the Day: The Real Destroyer of the Liberties of the People Is He Who Spread Among Them Bounties, Donations, and Benefits
“The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.” – -Greek Historian Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus
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