“This triangle of truisms, of father, mother and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.” – G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
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Thought For the Day: This Triangle of Truism, Father, Mother, and Child, Cannot Be Destroyed; It Can Only Destroy Those Civilizations Which Disregard It
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First Principles: Truth Can Stand By Itself. Subject Opinion To Coercion: Whom Will You Make Your Inquisitors
“Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors?” -Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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First Principles: In A Society Under the Forms of Which the Stronger Faction Can Readily Unite and Oppress the Weaker, Anarchy May As Truly Be Said To Resign As In A State of Nature
“In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign as in a state of nature.” – James Madison (1788)
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Tagged Anarchy, First Principles, Forms, James Madison, Oppress, Reign, Society, State of Nature, Stronger Faction, Unite, Weaker
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Thought For the Day: Under Democracy One Party Always Devotes Its Chief Energies To Trying To Prove That the Other Party Is Unfit To Rule – And Other Commonly Succeed, and Are Right
“Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule — and both commonly succeed, and are right.” – H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)
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Thought For the Day: With Man This Is Impossible, But With God All Things Are Possible
“Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'” – Matthew 19:26 (New International Version)
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First Principle: Legislation Can Neither Be Wise Nor Just Which Seeks the Welfare of A Single Interest At the Expense and To the Injury of Many and Varied Interests
“Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.” – Andrew Johnson
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Thought For the Day: There Are Two Kinds of People: Those Who Work and Those Who Take the Credit…Try To Be In the First Group; There Was Less Competition
“My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.” – Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)
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First Principles: Our Obligations To Our Country Never Cease But With Our Lives
“Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.” – John Adams (1808)
Happy 247th Birthday to the United States Navy!!
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Autumn Skies
Autumn Skies
by Michael Doyle
To sail on Autumn's sky
To learn to love in fantasy
To love without questioning why
To spend this love, just you and me...
These are the moments that I cherish
Spent in listening to your dreams
Memories of which will never perish
As pristinely imprinted as nature's seams
(c) October 13, 2022 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Autumn Skies, Cherish, Dreams, Fantasy, Imprint, Learn, Listen, Love, Memories, Moments, Nature, Perish, Poetry and Poems, Pristine, Question, Sail, Seams, You and Me
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This Is the Baseline
This Is the Baseline
by Michael Doyle
This
This is the baseline
Missed
The punchline that was a sign
That
That showed us the world
As
Every dream was found fetal and curled
Most stages of consciousness
Are degrees of insanity
Mirrored images of pretentiousness
Held to the light with vanity
The system plays the error
That reveals what's underneath
It couldn't be any clearer
Then to measure what's bequeathed
Passed down by generation
The half-truths painted in veneration
One bullet that we can't outrun
Pull the trigger, and it's done
This
This is the baseline
Missed
The punchline that was a sign
That
That showed us the world
As
Every dream was found fetal and curled
Extractions of memory recreated
Patterns otherwise situated
The system has lost all control
In which there is a faithful soul
Pressed into flesh, seeking what is real
Fidelity is the primary drive of think and feel
The stories behind our failed decisions
All the mistakes played out without precision
There are moments of definition
The skip past the memory's recognition
We hit the bottom, learning to hold our breath
We live the struggle, or we find death
(c) October 12, 2022 Michael Doyle
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