“The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys.” – Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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First Principles: The Same Prudence Which In Private Life Would Forbid Our Paying Our Own Money For Unexplained Projects, Forbids It In the Dispensation of the Public Moneys
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Tagged Dispensation, First Principles, Forbid, Money, Pay, Private Life, Prudence, Public Moneys, Thomas Jefferson, Unexplained Projects
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Grand Opening of the Better Together Forever Gallery
We are very excited to announce that the virtual web presence of the Better Together Forever Gallery will be opening soon. Details will be forthcoming! The art exhibited and the build itself will change out with each season. There will also be weekly open mic poetry readings for poets and other lovers of the spoken word. Other poetry readings will be had for holidays and other special events. There will be movie nights; discussion groups; and from time to time live and DJ musical events. For those who have been waiting, thank you for the support!!
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Tagged Art, Better Together Forever Gallery, Discussion Groups, Grand Opening, Holidays and Special Events, Logo, Movie Nights, Music Events, Open Mic Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Readings, Seasonal, Spoken Word, Support, Thank you!, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Nothing Is Impossible. The Word Itself Says ‘I’m Possible!'”
“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!'” – Audrey Hepburn
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First Principles: Government Is Instituted To Protect Property of Every Sort; As Well That Which Lies In the Various Rights of Individuals
“Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses.” – James Madison (1792)
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Tagged End, First Principles, Govenrment, Government, Individuals, Instituted, James Madison, Property, Protect, Rights, Secure
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First Principles: The Dictates of Our Passions…Cannot Alter the State of Facts and Evidence
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” – John Adams (1770
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Tagged Alter, Dictates, Facts, Facts and Evdience, First Principles, Inclination, John Adams, Law, Passion, Stable, Stubborn Things, Wishes
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Thought For the Day: The Hands That Help Are Better Far Than Lips That Pray. Love Is the Ever Gleaming Star That Leads the Way
“The hands that help are better far / Than lips that pray. / Love is the ever gleaming star / That leads the way, / That shines, not on vague worlds of bliss, / But on a paradise in this.” -Robert Green Ingersoll, lawyer and orator (1833-1899)
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Three Things In Life
Three Things In Life
by Michael Doyle
There is something to the power of three
That speaks to heart and soul of divinity
It seems it all begins and ends with love
Without which there is no gaining heaven above
There are three things in life we must not lack
These three things, once gone cannot come back
Time's charm, words spoken, and wasted opportunity
All of these things and taken as part of you and me
Three simple things to simply do and try our best
That make life lived happiness and not a test
Three things that make life easier for us all
If only we'd do our best to live by and to recall
There are three things that do nothing but destroy
These three things we should endeavor to never deploy
These are anger that makes us a stranger from inside,
And the lack of forgiveness that often comes from pride
There are three things that regardless of circumstance
Remain uncertain, these are fortune as a matter of chance
Depending so much on the success of chasing out our dreams
All of these three are what make life what it seems
There is a magic to found deep inside the power of three
That make for a life lived in happiness and serendipity
Living by the power of three makes life easier for us all
If only we'd do our best to live by and to duly recall
There are three things that make for life's clarity
That's a commitment to work hard and live with sincerity
There are three things that make life a little vulnerable
But must be had if life is to be in any sense valuable
These are live life with love, family and friends, and kindness
Without which all of life might well be lived in blindness
Unable to see three things in life one should never lose
Hope, peace, and honesty are three things we should all choose
Three simple things to try and simply do to our very best
These make life lived in bumbled happiness and not a test
These three things make life easier and blessed for us all
If only we'd do our best to live by and to readily recall
In this life of uncertainty in which we often rearrange
There are three constants to depend on and never change
These are the Father, the Holy Spirit, and the Son
Living right with these things kept, let God's will be done
(c) February 14, 2023 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
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Tagged Best, Divnity, Easy, Heat and Soul, Heaven, Love, Opportunity, Poetry and Poems, Power of Three, Recall, Test, Three Things In Life, Time, Words
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First Principles: The Whole Art of Government Consists In the Art of Being Honest. Only Aim To Do Your Duty, and Mankind Will Give You Credit Where You Fail
“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.” – Thomas Jefferson (1774)
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Tagged 1774, A Summary View of the Rights of British America, Aim, Consists, Credit, Duty, Fail, First Principles, Government, Honest, Mankind, Whole Art
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Thought For the Day: You Don’t Say Loving Because You Grow Old, You Grow Old Because You Stop Loving
“You don’t stop loving because you grow old, you grow old because you stop loving.” – Michael Pritchard
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Tagged 2023, Grow Old, Happy Valentine's Day, Michael Pritchard, Stop Loving, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Nothing Is So Contagious As Opinion, Especially On Questions Which, Susceptible of Very Different Glosses, Begat In the Mind A Distrust of Itself
“Nothing is so contagious as opinion, especially on questions which, being susceptible of very different glosses, beget in the mind a distrust of itself.” – James Madison (1790)
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Tagged Contagious, Different Glosses, Distrust, First Principles, James Madison, Mind, Nothing, Opinion, Questions
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