“They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin (1759)
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First Principles: They That Can Give Up Essential Liberty To Purchase A Little Temporary Safety, Deserve Neither Liberty Nor Safety
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Thought For the Day: It Is Better To Prevent Crimes Than Punish Them
“It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them.” – Cesare Beccaria, philosopher and politician (15 Mar 1738-1794)
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Thought For the Day: When An Individual Is Protesting Society’s Refusal To Acknowledge His Dignity As A Human Being, His Very Act of Protest Confers Dignity On Him
“When an individual is protesting society’s refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.” – Bayard Rustin, civil rights activist (17 Mar 1912-1987)
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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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Thought For the Day: The Only Way For America To Grow Is For DC To Shrink
“The ONLY WAY for America to grow is for DC to shrink. Massive federal overspending causes inflation. It’s happened in every country at any time in world history & it’s happening here now.” – Congressman Byron Donalds
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First Principles: The Fetters Imposed On Liberty At Home Have Been Forged Out of the Weapons Provided For Defense Against Real, Pretended, Or Imaginary Dangers From Abroad
“The fetters imposed on liberty at home have ever been forged out of the weapons provided for defence against real, pretended, or imaginary dangers from abroad.” – James Madison, 4th US president (16 Mar 1751-1836)
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Decency
Decency
by Michael Doyle
You're a diamond
In a world of human coal
Because you know the worth
Of the human soul
Fragile and fallible as we are
We dream of living our dreams
Clinging to every falling star
Even as we're falling apart t our seams
Our dignity frayed at our strands
We fight without surrender
Making our last stands
Holding on to our splendor
Working hard to retain
Our semblance of decency
Helping others against the strain
In our modest propriety
You take your risks to face your fate
Struggling to get a gasp of air
Standing strong pretending to be sedate
You close your mind to the world's care
(c) March 15, 2023 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
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Thought For the Day: The Fall of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) Is Quite A Morality Tale
“The fall of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is quite a morality tale.” – Gary Bauer
“The fall of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is quite a morality tale. It was one of the wokest banks in America. It worshipped at the altar of the left-wing worldview. … Last year, the bank made a $5 billion commitment to ‘support a healthier planet,’ while running an unhealthy bank. And over the past few weeks, the bank’s CEO managed to sell $3.6 million worth of shares before it went bankrupt. Just hours before government regulators seized control of the bank, some employees received $12,000 bonuses, while managers got $140,000 bonuses for their ‘great work.’ By the way, $140,000 is the annual salary for three families living in East Palestine, Ohio. And notice the speed with which the Biden Administration reacted to the SVB crisis. The people of East Palestine have had to beg for help, but not the leftists in Silicon Valley.” – Gary Bauer
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First Principles: There Is A Rank Due To the United States, Among Nations, Which Will Be Withheld, If Not Absolutely Lost, By the Reputation of Weakness
“There is a rank due to the United States, among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness.” – George Washington (1793)
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First Principles: The Ordaining of Laws In Favor of One Part of the Nation, To the Prejudice, and Oppression of Another, Is Certainly the Most Erroneous and Mistaken Policy
“History affords us many instances of the ruin of states, by the prosecution of measures ill suited
to the temper and genius of their people. The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part is entitled to, and ought to enjoy. . . . These measures never fail to create great and violent jealousies and animosities between the people favored and the people oppressed; whence a total separation of affections, interests, political obligations, and all manner of connections necessarily ensue, by which the whole state is weakened.” – Benjamin Franklin, Emblematical Representations, ca. 1774
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