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First Principles: Determine Never To Be Idle…It is Wonderful How Much May Be Done, If We Are Always Doing
“Determine never to be idle. … It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.” – Thomas Jefferson (1787)
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First Principles: A Feeble Executive Implies A Feeble Execution of the Government
“A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must be, in practice, a bad government.” – Alexander … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: The Real Index of Civilization Is When People Are Kinder Than They Need To Be
“The real index of civilization is when people are kinder than they need to be.” – Louis de Bernieres, novelist (b. 8 Dec 1954)
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In the Precedent of 2020
In the Precedent of 2020by Michael DoyleThere is something setQuietly there in the precedentAn unlikely principle we forgetThat we’d not be without accidentWho it is that we are todayI hope that’s not too flippant to sayThat despite our efforts to … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: The Battleline Between Good and Evil Runs Through the Heart of Every Man
“The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.” – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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First Principles: Entrust Unlimited Authority To One Man, To Several, To All, You Will Find That It Is Equally Evil
“Entrust [unlimited authority] to one man, to several, to all, you will still find that it is equally an evil.” – David Constant (1815)
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Thought For the Day: I Wish We Could Put Up Some of the Christmas Spirit In Jars and Open A Jar of It Every Month
“I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.”– Harlan Miller
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First Principles: Real Liberty Is Neither Found In Despotism Or the Extremes of Democracy, But In Moderate Governments
“Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.” – Alexander Hamilton
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A Tale of Christmas In Two Parts
A Tale of Christmas In Two Parts (Republished for 2020)by Michael Doyle aka Michael Romani I. I have heard it saidThat you can eat ’til you’re fullAnd it’s still not enoughThe excuse to be given“But, it’s Christmas…”And one really shouldn’t … Continue reading
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