“The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Thought For the Day: The Clearest Way To Show What the Rule of Law Means To Us In Everyday Life Is To Recall What Happened When There Is No Rule of Law
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First Principles: You Have Heard That It Was Said, ‘Love Your Neighbor and Hate Your Enemy.’ But I Tell You , Love Your Enemies and Pray For Those Who Persecute You
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.“ – Matthew 5:43-44
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Profit and Schemes
Profit and Schemes
by Michael Doyle
It's hard to tell the difference
Between the pursuit of profit and schemes
The wise pirate holds great reverence
For the pirate captain's dreams
Landlubbers hold their stock
In the mild talk of stability
But an adventurer holds to the talk
Of betting one's strength and ability
A pirate's life is based on deals
Stumbled and wagered best as one can
All business held is less than ideal
Such is the life of a pirating man
Giving all for one more knot of speed
Holding fast to always hope and recall
The crew needs a little more than greed
Or a pirate's pride will surely fall
Money taken while sailing under the black
Is money that is never promised coming back
Some say this is to misunderstand the sincerity
Others hold that we will always shade our own reality
(c) June 13, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: We Lay It Down As Fundamental, That Laws, To be Just, Must Give A Reciprocation of Right; Without this, The Are Mere Arbitrary Rules of Conduct
“We lay it down as a fundamental, that laws, to be just, must give a reciprocation of right; that, without this, they are mere arbitrary rules of conduct, founded in force, and not in conscience.” -Thomas Jefferson, in Notes On the State of Virginia (1782)
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Thought For the Day: Out of the Quarrel With Others We Make Rhetoric; Out of the Quarrel With Ourselves We Make Poetry
“Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry.” -William Butler Yeats, writer, Nobel laureate (13 Jun 1865-1939)
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Life Under the Black Sail
Life Under the Black Sail
by Michael Doyle
Under the black sail
It's hard to trust
But if you're to survive
You find you really must
In this world
There is always doubt
But it's never acknowledged
Or often talked about
This is a place
Where among the plans conceived
And based on conspiracy
At best, all is half-believed
The dance is danced
In all its needed urgency
While one chance in three
Is a pirate's best certainty
The truth is less exciting
Than the tales often told
While the tales are as inviting
As the pursuit of another's gold
(c) June 12, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: It Will Not Be Denied That Power Is Of An Encroaching Nature and That It Ought To Be Effectually Restrained From Passing the Limits Assigned It
“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.” – James Madison (1788), in Federalist Paper No. 48
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Thought For the Day: Human Greatness Does Not Lie In Wealth or Power, But In Character and Goodness
“Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.” – Anne Frank
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To Touch Your Shadow
To Touch Your Shadow
by Michael Doyle
Through physical, we find affirmation
In this, we have signaled confirmation
Wrapped in layers of living security
Our love makes our sense of liberty
These are the rules we agreeably play by
Finding our truths by which we'll stay by
We find these agreements that we've made
Lead to the best plans for which we have stayed
Touch by touch, we'll learn to grow
This ocean of love gives us much to know
If we move too fast, we'll learn to slow
My heart reaches out to touch your shadow
Our affections build us, insight by insight
Our every touch is felt, resting gentle and light
Still, these become our ways of reaching connection
Together, we learn to walk in the right direction
We learn to love as each other needs
By the beating of your heart, I am freed
In your eyes, I make my new start
I'm not afraid that you'll break my heart
Touch by touch, we'll learn, and we'll grow
This ocean of love gives us much to know
When we move too fast, we'll learn to slow
My heart stretches out to touch your shadow
Looking into your eyes, we'll toast the years
Replacing sorrow and taking away our fears
Together, we drink our love to feel our eternity
I'm so glad that God gave you to love me
Slip away sips, we've taken our taste
Learning the ease of needing no haste
I know we are here for each other
The music hints that we are meant for one another
(c) June 11, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Enlightened Statesmen Will Not Always Be At the Helm
“Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.” – James Madison (1787)
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