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First Principles: I Can Express No Better Hope For My Country Than That the Kind Providence Which Smiled Upon Our Fathers May Enable Their Children To Preserve the Blessings They Have Inherited
“I can express no better hope for my country than that the kind Providence which smiled upon our fathers may enable their children to preserve the blessings they have inherited.” – Franklin Pierce
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Tagged Blessing, Children, County, Enable, Express, First Princples, Franklin Pierce, Hope, Inheritance, Our Fathers, Preservation, Providence, Smile
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Thought For the Day: When People Accept Breaking the Law As Normal, Something Happens To the Whole Society
“When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.” – Orson Welles For example, all these people insist that illegal aliens are simply migrants and not felons. Then, when you show them the facts, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptance, Law, Normal, Orson Welles, Peoplle, Thought For the Day, Whole Society
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Praise As Faith
Praise As Faithby Michael DoyleSinging out strong,We join in this song.Let’s join in collaboration,Thankful for our destination.Faithful as it is understood.Dedicated to the holy and good.We stand joined as one,To the Father and the Son.Mindful of giving everything,We lift our … Continue reading
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Tagged Breath, Collaboration, Cry, Dedication, Destination, Everything, Faith, Faithful, Father and Son, Father In Heaven, Goodness, Hearts, Holy and Good, Hope, Joned, Lift, Love, Mindfull, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Sigh, Sing, Song, Stand, Strng, Thankfulnness, Understood, Voice, Wonder
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First Principles: I Contend That the Strongest of All Governments Is That Which Is Most Free
“I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.” – John Tyler
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Thought For the Day: The Institution of the Family Is Decisive In Determining Not Only If A Person Has the Capacity To Love Another Individual But…Whether He Is Capable of Loving His Fellow Men Collectively
“The institution of the family is decisive in determining not only if a person has the capacity to love another individual but in the larger social sense whether he is capable of loving his fellow men collectively. The whole of … Continue reading
Busy Signal
Busy Signalby Michael DoyleMaking the best out of bad has my deference,And happiness first is my usual preference.Thinking over and over where it went wrongDoesn’t help matters much and takes too long.Holding on to grief and wallowing in the painIs … Continue reading
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Tagged Busy Signal, Deference, Grief, Long, Looking Around, Making the Best, Overthinkng, Paii, Poetry and Poems, Preference, Rest, Test, Wrong
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Thought For the Day: Without Courage, We Cannot Practice Any Other Virtue With Consistency. We Can’t Be Kind, True, Merciful, Generous, Or Honest.
“One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” – Maya Angelou
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Tagged Born, Consistency, Courage, Generous, Honest, Kind, Maya Angelou, Merciful, Potetital, Practice, Thought For the Day, True, Virtue
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First Principles: There Ain’t No Ticks Like Poly-Ticks. Bloodsuckers All
“There ain’t no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all.” – Davy Crockett
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Love’s Cost
Love’s Costby Michael DoyleNo matter who it is that you might meetAs you walk down life’s long street, You might never know how she may feel.So, it’s important to make this real.It’s more than wedding bells’ chime,A counterfeit love would … Continue reading
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Tagged Better Fate, Chance, Chime, Counterfeit Love, Criime, Feel, Fine Romance, Imposter, Life, Love, Love's Cost, Meet, No Matter, Poetry and Poems, Real, Relationships, Reliable, Ribbons and Bows, Shadows, Stick Around, Street, Tomorrow, True Love, Wait, Wedding Bells
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Thought For the Day: We Are Not Determined By Our Experiences, But Are Self-Determined By the Meaning We Give To Them
“We are not determined by our experiences, but are self-determined by the meaning we give to them; and when we take particular experiences as the basis for our future life, we are almost certain to be misguided to some degree. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Adler, Ascribe, Basis, Certain, Degree, Determiination, Experience, Future Life, Meaning, Misguided, Situation, Thought For the Day
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