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Thought For the Day: People Haunted By the Purposelessness of Their Lives Try To Find A New Content Not Only By Dedicating Themselves To A Holy Cause But Also Nursing A Fanatical Grievance
“Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Government Will Not Fail To Employ Education To Strengthen Its Hands and Perpetuate Its Institutions
“Government will not fail to employ education to strengthen its hands and perpetuate its institutions.” – William Godwin (1756-1836)
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First Principles: The Legislative Department Is Everywhere Extending the Sphere of Its Activity and Drawing All Power Into Its Impetuous Vortex
“The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.” – James Madison (1788)
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Thought For the Day: Every Child Deserves A Champion, An Adult Who Will Never Give Up On Them, Who Understands the Power of Connection and Insists That They Become the Best That They Can Possibly Be
“Every Child Deserves A Champion, An Adult Who Will Never Give Up On Them, Who Understands the Power of Connection and Insists That They Become the Best That They Can Possibly Be“- Rita Pierson
First Principles: Character Is Like A Tree and Reputation Like A Shadow. The Shadow Is What We Think of It; the Tree Is the Real Thing
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” – Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
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Thought For the Day: When More of the People’s Sustenance Is Exacted Through the Form of Taxation Than Is Necessary To Meet the Just Obligations of Government, Such Exaction Becomes Ruthless Extortion and A Violation of the Fundamental Principles of A Free Government
“When more of the people’s sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government, such exaction becomes ruthless extortion and a violation of the fundamental principles of a free government.” – … Continue reading
First Principles: Industry Is Increased, Commodities Are Multiplied, Agriculture and Manufacturers Flourish: and Herein Consist the True Wealth and Prosperity of A State
“Industry is increased, commodities are multiplied, agriculture and manufacturers flourish: and herein consists the true wealth and prosperity of a state.” – Alexander Hamilton (1790)
Never Enough of You
Never Enough of Youby Michael DoyleI didn’t know what I was afterUntil I heard your sweet laughterI hadn’t a clue what I was missingUntil you and I were kissingNever felt a hand that felt so rightUntil you were holding mine … Continue reading
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Tagged A Few More Smiles, All About, Clue, Days Like This, Deeply, Didn't Know, Dreamy Eyed, Each Memory We Build, Each Other's Faces, Every Moment, Every Turn of Events, Everything Will Be Alright, Felt A Hand, Filled With Love, Find You, Finding, Grab On Tight, Heard, Hold Me Close, Holding Mine, Hope, I Can Never Get Enough of You, Island Girl, Just Being You, Keep the Count, Kind of Kindness, Kiss By Kiss, Kissing, Love You, Missing, Moments So Precious, More and More, My Friend, My Lady, Mystified, Need My Smile, Never Enough of You, Never Replace, Our Story, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Quite the Road, Return, Seems, Seen Eyes, So Beautiful, So Right, Soar, Spend, Sworn, Telling Me, Thread By Thread, Tight, Traveling, Unraveling, What I Was After, Woke, Wonderful, Wonderful Things You Do, Worth While, You and I, You'll Always Love Me Too, Your Sweet Laughter
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First Principles: Here Comes the Orator! With His Flood of Words, and His Drop of Reason
“Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason.” – Benjamin Franklin (1735)
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Thought For the Day: I Have Never Let My Schooling Interfere With My Education
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” – Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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