“Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.” – Ronald Reagan
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Thought For the Day: Evil Is Powerless If the Good Are Unafraid
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First Principles: Without Justice Being Freely, Fully, and Impartially Administered, Neither Our Persons, Nor Our Rights, Nor Our Property, Can Be Protected
“Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if these, or either of them, are regulated by no certain laws, and are subject to no certain principles, and are held by no certain tenure, and are redressed, when violated, by no certain remedies, society fails of all its value; and men may as well return to a state of savage and barbarous independence.” – Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833
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Pierce the Charade
Pierce the Charade
by Michael Doyle
One thing I've discovered recently
Is that I am capable of acting decently
But if the world could see my inspiration
Maybe there'd be cause to doubt my motivation
Still it is that I struggle for my best
And my failings, I utterly detest
Yet, these too are a bit of me
And are often the taint against which I write poetry
True love it seems is the rarest beauty
So often steeped in the ways of duty
Perhaps, there should be no better way
Then the truths that keep us anchored today
I knew an angel once that I offered friendship
Who spoke to me as if in idle worship
The crimes are guilty as the wages of sin
Explored deeply as these are by women and men
I whispered that though I might know my mind
It is the traces of my heart that I search to find
Accustomed as I am to the Hatter's masquerade
It would be a pity if I never pierced the charade
(c) September 15, 2021 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 To 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)
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Thought For the Day: We Would Often Be Ashamed of Our Finest Actions If the World Understood All the Motives Which Produced Them
“We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.” – Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer (15 Sep 1613-1680)
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Trusting God’s Plan
Trusting God's Plan
by Michael Doyle
Living Life in my recovery
Each day becomes a new discovery
Privileged to take another breath
I choose life over living death
I've had my share of heartaches
More than enough of the heartbreaks
I've been let down by my mistakes
And now I'm ready to do what it takes
In cardboard by the old freeway
The pain written is put into play
All the things I should have done
And yet, my victory will be won
Forgiven and saved from Hell's fire
I will yet rise above my desire
Though it has chained me in my shadow
Until finding faith in God's rainbow
Grace can save us, one and all
If only the promises made, we recall
Running from the darkness into the light
Knowing that, at least this once, I'll get it right
(c) September 14, 2021 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: Freedom Means Trusting the American People and Equipping Them With Information To Assess Risks and Make the Best Decisions for Themselves and Their Families
“Instead of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, policymakers should focus on providing more clear and timely data on vaccine risks and benefits so Americans can make their own informed decisions along with the help of their doctors. Freedom means trusting the American people and equipping them with information to assess risks and make the best decisions for themselves and their families. Instead of presenting a coherent strategy, including metrics that define the end of the pandemic, President Biden introduced counterproductive and divisive rhetoric and policies based on fear and control.” – Kay C. James
First Principles: The Belief In A God All Powerful Wise and Good, Is…Essential To the Moral Order of the World
“The belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the world and to the happiness of man, that arguments which enforce it cannot be drawn from too many sources nor adapted with too much solicitude to the different characters and capacities impressed with it.” – James Madison, letter to Frederick Beasley, 1825
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First Principles: When We Are Planning For Posterity, We Ought To Remember That Virtue Is Not Hereditary
“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” – Thomas Paine (1776)
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Dressed In Humility
Dressed In Humility
by Michael Doyle
Dressing myself in humility
Composed by heart for good of family
Willingly accepting life's true grace
Facing all things with a smile on my face
Humility is in no way weakness
This strength of character is God given
Being humble is not undoing meekness
But the power of being among the forgiven
Being humble is not low self-esteem
Or the giving up to any humiliation
All of God's children are to live with intention
It's not a God thing to think without discretion
That talking down to others is a negative
And not the power that Christ gives us to know
His love and grace are not simply the superlative
But a candle to live by present in God's glow
Each of us are a masterpiece of His creation
Made by our creator to live in His eternity
Illuminated more by the invisible light of divinity
Our lives are but a dot of time in true history
(c) September 11, 2021 Michael Doyle
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