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First Principles: Our First Object Should Therefore Be, To Leave Open To Him All the Avenues To Truth. The Most Effectual…Is the Freedom of the Press

“Our first object should therefore be, to leave open to him all the avenues to truth. The most effectual …is the freedom of the press.” – Thomas Jefferson

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Thought For the Day: Learning Is Acquired By Reading Books; But the Much More Necessary Learning, the Knowledge of the World, Is Only Acquired By Reading Man

“Learning is acquired by reading books; but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading man, and studying all the various editions of them.” – Lord Chesterfield, statesman and writer (22 … Continue reading

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First Principles: The Sacred Rights of Mankind Are Not To Be Rummaged For Among Old Parchments, Or Musty Records. They Are Written…In the Whole Volume of Human Nature, By the Hand of the Divinity Itself

“To grant that there is a supreme intelligence who rules the world and has established laws to regulate the actions of his creatures; and still to assert that man, in a state of nature, may be considered as perfectly free … Continue reading

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Of All Things Valued

Of All Things Valuedby Michael DoyleLike pieces arranged on the chessboardThe Man from La Mancha bears his swordPrince or pawnbroker, there is trade for madnessBut only the type that perpetually leads to sadnessThe battle with evil and giants cannot compareWith … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Last Stage But One of Every Civilization, Is Characterized By the Forced Political Unification of Its Constituent Parts, Into A Single Greater Whole

“The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single greater whole.” – Arnold J. Toynbee (1889-1975)

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Thought of the Day: It Used To Be the Boast of Free Men That, So Long As They Kept Within the Bounds of the Known Law, There Was No Need To Ask Anybody’s Permission Or To Obey Anybody’s Orders

“It used to be the boast of free men that, so long as they kept within the bounds of the known law, there was no need to ask anybody’s permission or to obey anybody’s orders. It is doubtful whether any … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Most Valuable Possession You Can Own is An Open Heart. The Most Powerful Weapon You Can Be Is An Instrument of Peace

“The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.” – Carlos Santana, musician (b. 20 Jul 1947)

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A Cosmogony of Fear

A Cosmogony of Fearby Michael DoyleIn a wide sweep of the Temple ApolloIs the beginning of what the Oracle knowsThe things of myth, from the the beginning growAs the memories of three sisters glowsImagined become the stories that resonateGlobal fears … Continue reading

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First Principles: The People Are Not To Be Disarmed of Their Weapons. They Are Left In Full Possession of Them.

“The people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are left in full possession of them.” – Zacharia Johnson (1788)

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With Just One Word

With Just One Wordby Michael DoyleWith just one wordYou bring me throughThe darkness around meNo matter how strong it surrounds meThere’s nothing left to proveWith the mountains that you moveIn your inevitabilityI see my every possibilityWith just one touchI touch … Continue reading

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