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An Intellectual Conversation
An Intellectual Conversationby Michael DoyleI asked you to speak your beautiful mindUnsuspecting of all the wonders I might findBut knowing that I would love just to talkWho knew that talk would grow into our walkI asked you to kiss me … Continue reading
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First Principles: The Constitution…Meant That Its Coordinate Branches Should Be Checks On Each Other
“The Constitution … meant that its coordinate branches should be checks on each other. But the opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves in their own … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: One of the Best Things We Can Do For Creative Men and Women Is To Stand Out of Their Light
“When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: “Only stand out of my light.” Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: An Expert Is A Man Who Has Made All the Mistakes Which Can Be Made In A Very Narrow Field
“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.”– Niels Bohr, physicist, Nobel laureate (7 Oct 1885-1962)
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Tagged All the Mistakes, Expert, Made, Man, Niels Bohr, Person, Thought For the Day, Very Narrow Field
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First Principles: That Is No Maxim…More Liable To Be Misapplied… Than… That…the Interest of the Majority Is the Political Standard of Right and Wrong
“There is no maxim in my opinion which is more liable to be misapplied, and which therefore needs elucidation than the current one that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong.” – James Madison … Continue reading
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Tagged Current, Elucidation, First Principles, Interest, James Madison, Liable, Majority, Misapplied, No Maxim, Opinion, Political Standard, Right and Wrong
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Thought For the Day: The Preservation of Freedom Is the Protective Reason For Limiting and Decentralizing Governmental Power
“The preservation of freedom is the protective reason for limiting and decentralizing governmental power. But there is also a constructive reason. The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or in literature, in industry or agriculture, … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Decentralize, Freedom, Government, Limit, Milton Friedman, Power, Preservation, Protective Reason, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Men of Energy of Character Must Have Enemies
“Men of energy of character must have enemies; because there are two sides to every question, and taking one with decision, and acting on it with effect, those who take the other will of course be hostile in proportion as … Continue reading
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Tagged Acting On It, Character, Decision, Effect, Enemies, Every Question, Feel, First Principles, Hostile, Men of Energy, Proportion, Taking One, Thomas Jefferson, Two Sides
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A Birthday Week
A Birthday Weekby Michael DoyleSolid as it is with just a look2020 was a hard one for the history booksBut, as those pages have turnedThere was one thing that I have learnedMy love was born a Libra on her scaleAnd … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Agreeable Enough, Birthday, Birthday Week, Celebrate, Celebration, Clarity, Complexity, Connection, Contemplation, Dare, Deny, Easy, Fun, Golden Heart, Great Gift, Hard One, History Books, Insistence, Justice, Learned, Libra, Look, Love, Love of Fashion, Mumble, Need, One, Pages, Passion, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prevail, Reflect, Relaxation, Request, Scale, Sense, Simplicity, Sincerity, Solid, Speak, Strong Desire, Thing, Turn, Unity, Week, Words
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First Principles: Is It Not That the Declaration of Independence First Organized the Social Compact On the Foundation of the Redeemer’s Mission Upon Earth? – That It Laid the Cornerstone of Human Government On the First Precepts of Christianity
“Is it not that in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? – that it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthday, Chain, Christanity, Cornerstone, Declaration of Independence, Earth, First Precepts, First Principles, Foundation, Gospel Dispensation, Human Events, Human Government, Indissolubly Linked, John Quincy Adams, Leading Event, Nation, Progress, Redeemer's Mission, Savior, Social Compact
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