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Thought For the Day: Whoever Controls the Volume of Money In Our Country Is Absolute Master of All Industry and Commerce
“Whoever controls the volume of money in our country is absolute master of all industry and commerce…when you realize that the entire system is very easily controlled, one way or another, by a few powerful men at the top, you … Continue reading
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Tagged Commerce, Control, Country, Depression, Entire System, Few Powerful Men, Industry, Inflation, James A. Garfield, Master, Money, Thought For the Day, Volume
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Getting It Right
Getting It Rightby Michael DoyleSomehow, I’ve split at my seams,But I’m still holding to my dreams.All my summers have met their end.Still, all in all, you’re my forever friend.Stated in its mighty declarative,Life best lived is lived by its narrative.The … Continue reading
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Tagged Captivated, Declarative, Dreams, End, Forever Friend, Getting It Right, Holding, Intensity, Life Best Lived, Music's Power, Narrative, Night After Night, One More Hour, Play, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Propensity, Right, Road, Seams, Somehow
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First Principles: Religion and Good Morals Are the Only Solid Foundation of Public Liberty and Happiness
“Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.” – Samuel Adams, letter to John Trumbull (October 16, 1788)
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Tagged First Principles, Good Morals, Happiness, John Trumbull, Public Liberty, Religion, Samuel Adams, Solid Foundation
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Thought For the Day: Absence Diminishes Small Loves and Increases Great Ones, As the Wind Blows Out the Candle and Fans the Bonfire
“Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.”– Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Maxims
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Tagged Absence, Bonfire, Candle, Diminish, Fans, Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Increase, Maxims, Small Loves, Thought For the Day, Wind
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Thought For the Day: Men Use Thought Only As Authority For Their Injustice, and Employ Speech Only To Conceal Their Thoughts
“Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.” – Voltaire
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Tagged Authority, Conceal, Injustice, Mankind, Speech, Thought, Thought For the Day, Voltaire
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First Principles: Let Everyone Be Subject to the Governing Authorities, For There Is No Authority Except That Which God Has Established
“Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has … Continue reading
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Tagged Authority, Consequence, Established, First Principles, God, Governing Authorities, Judgment, Rebel, Right, Romans 13:1-3 NIV, Rulers, Subject, Terror, Wrong
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Probability and History
Probability and Historyby Michael DoyleThe past indicates the probability,And the rest, as they say, is history.We learn these things with humility.The passing days become our legacy.The mercantile types take life without any need.The wise take this into account and pay … Continue reading
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Tagged Blad Luck, Crumble, Facade, Greed, History, Humility, Legacy, Mercantile Types, Need, Neon Signs, Passing Days, Pay Heed, Poetry and Poems, Probability, Read, Stumble, Subway Walls, The Past, The Wise, Warning, Words
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First Principles: We Have No Government Armed With Power Capable of Contending With Human Passions Unbridled By Morality and Religion
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitution, Cords, First Principles, Government, Human Passions, Inadequate, John Adams, Moral and Religious People, Morality, Power, Religion
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Thought For the Day: Assassination Makes Only Martyrs, Not Converts
“Assassination makes only martyrs, not converts.” – Alphonse de Lamartine
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Tagged Alphonse de LaMartine, Assassination, Convert, Martyr, Thought For the Day
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