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Thought For the Day: The More Laws, the Less Justice
“The more laws, the less justice.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)
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First Principles: I Think All the World Would Gain By Setting Commerce At Perfect Liberty
“I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785)
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First Principles: With Man This Is Impossible, But With God All Things Are Possible
“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26 (New International Version)
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Thought For the Day: Unless Mankind Redesigns Itself By Changing Our DNA Through Altering Our Genetic Makeup, Computer-Generated Robots Will Take Over Our World
“Unless mankind redesigns itself by changing our DNA through altering our genetic makeup, computer-generated robots will take over our world.” – Stephen Hawking
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Tagged Alter, Change, DNA, Genetic Makeup, Mankind, Redesign, Robots, Stephen Hawking, Thought For the Day, World
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First Principles: The Spirit of Resistance to Government Is So Valuable On Certain Occasions, That I Wish It To Be Always Kept Alive
“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Atmosphere, Better, Exercise, First Principles, Government, Occasion, Rebellion, Spirit of Resistance, Storm, Thomas Jefferson, Value
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Thought For the Day: The Lust For Purity Combined With the Tyranny of Social-Media Technology…Threatens To Create An Era of the Most Fearsome Mobs In History
“The lust for purity combined with the tyranny of social-media technology in the hands of the young — who have little sense of the past and of tradition — threatens to create an era of the most fearsome mobs in … Continue reading
Seeing Through God’s Eyes
Seeing Through God’s Eyesby Michael DoyleIn first conversionWithout reversionWe discover God’s love for theeThe you and the meIn second conversionAgainst without reversionWe learn to live God’s visionWith a love for the world s our decisionDespite the world lived so loudWe … Continue reading
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Tagged Brother, Conversion, Decision, Discover, Distortion, Forgive, God's Visiion, God's Eyes, God's Love, Godly Portion, Live, Living Our Best, Look After One Another, Loud, Love, Me, Mercies, Poetry and Poems, Proud, Provide, Reversion, See, Shown, Sister, Sown, Thee, World, You
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First Principles: Were We Directed From Washington When To Sow, and When To Reap, We Should Soon Want Bread
“Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.” – Thomas Jefferson (1821)
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Thought For the Day: A Man Has Honor If He Holds Himself To An Ideal of Conduct Though It Is Inconvenient, Unprofitable, or Dangerous To Do So
“A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.” – Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)
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Thoughts On Dorian Gray, Part II
Thoughts On Dorian Gray, Part II, III and IVby Michael DoyleII.Conjuring tales and hallucinationServe up as the Devil’s illustrationIt’s a triumph of base deceitQuietly play on a foggy London streetToo many things are better left unsaidWhere this an extraordinary sense … Continue reading
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Tagged Age, Beautiful, Blame, Blood Stain, Conventions of Morality, Cross, Deceit, Devil, Dorian Gray, Dread, Fog, Hallucination, Hands, Illustrate, Life, London Street, Measure, Name, No Limits Known, Poetry and Poems, Price, Pride, Suicide, Tales, Tender Heart, Thoughts, Triump, Unsaid, Wonderful
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