“To cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind, by multiplying the objects of enterprise, is not among the least considerable of the expedients, by which the wealth of a nation may be promoted.” – Alexander Hamilton (1791)
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First Principles: To Cherish and Stimulate the…Human Mind…Is Not Among the Least Considerable of the Expedients, By Which the Wealth of A Nation May Be Promoted
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Thought For the Day: Older Men Declare War. But It Is Youth That Must Fight and Die
“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.” -Herbert Hoover, 31st US president (10 Aug 1874-1964)
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First Principles: Government Is Founded Not On Force…(I)t Springs From the Necessities of Our Nature, and Has An Everlasting Foundation In the Unchangeable Will of God
“Government is founded not on force, as was the theory of Hobbes; nor on compact, as was the theory of Locke and of the revolution of 1688; nor on property, as was the assertion of Harrington. It springs from the necessities of our nature, and has an everlasting foundation in the unchangeable will of God.” – James Otis
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Thought For the Day: A Writer Is, After All, Only Half His Book. The Other Half Is the Reader and From the Reader the Writer Learns
“A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.” -P.L. Travers, author (9 Aug 1899-1996)
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Thought For the Day: Let Justice Roll On Like A River, Righteousness Like A Never-Failing Stream
“Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!” – Amos 5:24 (New International Version
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First Principles: I Consider the Foundation of the Constitution As Laid On This Ground That ‘All Powers Not Delegated To the United States, By the Constitution, Nor Prohibited By It To the States, Are Reserved To the States Or To the People
“I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that ‘all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people.’ To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power, not longer susceptible of any definition.” – Thomas Jefferson, Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank, 1791
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Echo Chambered
Echo Chambered
by Michael Doyle
I've tried to fit in
But here we are again
So many interested in the echo
Chambered and not the ebb and flow
To me, I find a lot to think on
As I watch life's tides flow
Too little time for arguing on
Things that, at best, we think we know
Picking targets easy to shoot
Without questioning what each contributes
That is as long as the target isn't you
Just about any enemy will do
When I remind you of the Constitution
You burn it down for your revolution
As though it doesn't really matter
And could care less if society shatters
It's an open ended kind of conspiracy
Wide open and without depth or mystery
It really matters little, except for your way
And the rule of law is an antique of yesterday
(c) August 7, 2021 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
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Thought For the Day: It Is Not What A Lawyer Tells Me I May Do; But What Humanity, Reason, and Justice Tell Me I Ought To Do
“It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.” – Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
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First Principle: Never Be Lacking In Zeal, But Keep Your Spiritual Fervor, Serving the Lord
“Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.” – Romans 12:11 (New International Version)
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Thought For the Day: You Cannot Be the Leader of the Free World If You Want To Appease Socialism and Communism
“You cannot be the leader of the free world if you want to appease socialism and communism.” – House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
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