“It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men.” – Samuel Adams
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First Principles: It Does Not Take A Majority To Prevail… But Rather An Irate, Tireless Minority, Keen On Setting Brush Fires of Freedom In the Minds of Men
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Thought For the Day: Elitism, Not Racism, Is the Biggest Obstacle In Overcoming Poverty
“Elitism, not racism, is the biggest obstacle in overcoming poverty.” – Robert Woodson
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Thought For the Day: Trust Is the Glue of Life. It’s the Most Essential Ingredient In Effective Communication. It’s the Foundational Principle That Holds All Relationships
“Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.” – Stephen Covey
First Principles: We Should Be Unfaithful To Ourselves If We Should Ever Lose Sight of the Danger To Our Liberties If Anything Partial…Should Infect the Purity of Our Free…and Independent Elections
“We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections.” – John Adams (1797)
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Tagged Danger, Elections, Extraneous, Fair, First Principles, Free, Independent, Infect, John Adams, Liberties, Lose Sight, Partial, Purity, Selves, Unfaithful, Virtuous
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Every Day Is A Gift
Every Day Is A Gift
by Michael Doyle
Up in the sky, Santa is coming
Across the roofs, reindeer are running
The gift of love is wrapped up in you
Dreamily finding your heart so true
A Christmas song comes to mind
As every day is a gift in which I find
That your eyes like stars glow and shine
I glad you've given me you to always be mine
Every day I wake to find myself wrapped in love
The kind of thing I've always been dreaming of
In how you fill my days with your precious sight
The end of our fairy tale turning out so right
When I wake in the morning to my soul shift
Unwrapping from your arms like a new gift
I know how blessed I am to be your man
You show me this truth every way that you can
(c) November 30, 2020 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Judges, Therefore Should Be Always Men of Learning and Experience In the Laws, of Exemplary Morals, Great Patience, Calmness, Coolness and Attention
“Judges, therefore, should be always men of learning and experience in the laws, of exemplary morals, great patience, calmness, coolness, and attention. Their minds should not be distracted with jarring interests; they should not be dependent upon any man, or body of men.” – John Adams (1776)
Thought For the Day: Laws Are Like Cobwebs Which May Catch Small Flies But Let Wasps and Hornets Break Through
“Laws are like cobwebs which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” – Jonathan Swift, satirist (30 Nov 1667-1745)
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Great Things Come Unexpected
Great Things Come Unexpected
by Michael Doyle
I have found in life
That it's not to be neglected
To say only that sometimes
Great things come unexpected
Opportunity sometimes falls
Right into our laps
And when that chance calls
With its rings or its raps
It's the only answer that you give
Instead of running to hide
That teaches you how to truly live
I'll tell you this as I confide
That at times, things that seem an accident
As if they were really meant
Can prove to be quietly provident
One might say, these are heaven sent
Even if, from time to time, we forget
If we let Heaven guide us in our ways
We'll live to learn and we won't regret
Our lives well lived in our better days
(c) November 29, 2020 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Honesty Is the First Chapter of the Book of Wisdom
“Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: If I Can Do No More, Let My Name Stand Among Those Who Are Willing To Bear Ridicule and Reproach For the Truth’s Sake and So Earn Some Right To Rejoice When the Victory Is Won
“If I can do no more, let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.” -Louisa May Alcott, writer and reformist (29 Nov 1832-1888)
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