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First Principles: Nothing Is More Essential To the Establishment of Manners In A State Than That All Persons Employed In Places of Power and Trust Must Be Men of Unexceptionable Characters
“Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.” – Samuel Adams (1775)
Thought For the Day: Don’t Be Seduced Into Thinking That That Which Does Not Make A Profit Is Without Value
“Don’t be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.” -Arthur Miller, playwright and essayist (17 Oct 1915-2005)
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Does It Make You Cry?
Does It Make You Cry?by Michael DoyleWhen you’re tired of laughing,Does it make you cry?This life you’ve been living, It turned out to be a lie.When you’ve given all you can,And your best isn’t good enough,Sometimes it’s hard to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Absurdity, All You Can, Animal, Best, Bloodlust, Bluff, Broken Trust, Cause, Certain, Certainty, Coattials, Criminal, Cry, Good Enough, Hard, Heart, Ice, In Place, Insurgency, Justice, Larceny, Laughing, Lie, Life, Live, Man, March, Own Man, Pause, Poetry and Poems, The World, Tired, Urgency
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Thought For the Day: It Is Not What We Do That Matters, But What A Sovereign God Chooses To Do Through Us
“It is not what we do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through us. God doesn’t want our success; He wants us. He doesn’t demand our achievements; He demands our obedience. The Kingdom of God is … Continue reading
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Tagged Achievements, Brokenness, Charles Colson, Cross, Defeat, Demand, Find Self, Heal, Holy God, Kingdom of God, Lose Self, Matter, Obedience, Paradox, Sovereign God, Success, Thought For the Day, Victory
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First Principles: If the Citizens Neglect Their Duty and Place Unprincipled Men In Office, the Government Will Soon Be Corrupted
“If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . . If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect … Continue reading
I Live My Life In Praise
I Live My Life In Praiseby Michael DoyleI feel God in every season,Living on faith and reason.Present in all of my days,I live my life in praise.With thanks and gratitudeI keep Jesus in my attitude.The Lord walks in my every … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Beauty, Blame, Christ's Love, Confide, Cornerstone, Days, Dignity, Faith, Frame, God, Gratitude, Heart, Honor, Knnow, Life, Live, Love, Majesty, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Present, Reason, Season, Secret, Shame, Shows, Soul, Stride, Strife, Thankfulness, The Lord
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Thought For the Day: Sometimes People Don’t Want To Hear the Truth Because They Don’t Want Their Illusions Destroyed
“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
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First Principles: States, Like Individuals, Who Observe Their Engagements, Are Respected and Trusted: While the Reverse Is the Fate of Those Who Pursue Opposite Conduct
“States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.” – Alexander Hamilton (1790)
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The Pleasures of the Kill
The Pleasures of the Killby Michael DoyleTo be a vampire is to live a very long time.You can spend this time in venal pleasure or sublime.But either way, it is a counting of thousands of days,And this time is best … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood, Breath, Days, Death, Eternal Life, Hunt, Jealously, Kill, Poetry and Poems, Sin, The Devil, Time, Vampire, Word
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First Principles: It Is In the Interest of Tyrants To Reduce the People To Ignorance and Vice. For They Cannot Live In Any Country Where Virtue and Knowledge Prevail.
“It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.” – Samuel Adams
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