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First Principles: It Is Very Imprudent To Deprive America of Any of Her Privileges
“It is very imprudent to deprive America of any of her privileges. If her commerce and friendship are of any importance to you, they are to be had on no other terms than leaving her in the full enjoyment of … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Believe You Can and You Are Halfway There
“Believe you can and you are halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
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Thought For the Day: To the Size of the State There Is A Limit, As There Is To Plants, Animals and Implements For None of These Retain Their Facility When They Are Too Large
“To the size of the state there is a limit, as there is to plants, animals and implements, for none of these retain their facility when they are too large.” – Aristotle (384-322 BC)
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First Principles: The Great Principles of Right and Wrong Are Legible To Every Reader; To Pursue Them Requires Not the Aid of Many Counselors
“The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors.” – Thomas Jefferson (1775)
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Na/Glo/Po/Wri/Mo #21: In Believing We Can
Na/GloPoWriMo #21: In Believing We Canby Michael DoyleIn today, I see tomorrowIn today, perched as it isIn today, seated on the edgeIn today, formed by yesterdayAnswers needed to questionsAnswers in need of themselvesAnswers that go unansweredAnswers we still need to … Continue reading
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Tagged Accepting Difference, Answers, Ask Deeper, Believes, Believing We Can, Complete, Dignity, Done, Door, Edge, Extinguish, Find Our Journey, Formed, Hard Work, In Need of Themselves, In the End, Journey Is Long, Let Go of Hate, Life Will Win, Love Is the Answer, More, Na/GloPoWriMo, Offer Best Equity, Only We, Perch, Poetry and Poems, Question, Replete, Seated, Smarter, Society, Start In Belief, Stay the Course, Still Need To Find, Today, Tomorrow, Truly Grow, Truly Know, Unanswered, Vanity, Ways of Opportunity, We All Truly Belong, Yesterday
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Thought For the Day: What I Find Offensive Is the Narrative From the Left That Black People Are Not Smart Enough…To Do What Every Other Culture and Race Does In This Country: Get An ID
“What I find extremely offensive is the narrative from the left that black people are not smart enough, not educated enough … to do what every other culture and race does in this country: get an ID.” -Congressman Burgess Owens
First Principles: Let Justice Be Done Though the Heavens Should Fall
“Let justice be done though the heavens should fall.” – John Adams (1777)
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Na/GloPoWriMo #20: Sijo For An Ill-Turned Vaccination
Na/GloPoWriMo #20: Sijo For An Ill Turned Vaccinationby Michael DoyleFather, will you be alright? But of course, I will my dearsWith one hundred three point three, who might I fooling?The fire blazes hot inside, but not as deep as my … Continue reading
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Tagged 103.3, Alright, Be Fine, Dad, Daugthers, Dears, Deep, Do Not Worry About A Thing, Father, Feeling Better, Fire, Fooling, Had Worse, I Am Fine, Ill-Turned, Love, Mother, Na/GloPoWriMo, Poetry and Poems, Sijo, Sleeping, Sunshine, Temperature, Time, Too Much, Two, Two To Love, Vaccination, Vaccine, Wait, Worry
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Thought For the Day: Men Are Never So Likely To Settle A Question Rightly As When They Discuss It Freely
“Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.” – Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859)
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