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First Principles: The Safe Depository of the Ultimate Powers of American Society Is the People Themselves
“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Constitutional Power, Control, Corrective, Depository, Discretion, Education, Enlighten, Exercise, First Principles, Inform, Powers, Remedy, Safe, Society, The People, Thomas Jefferson, True
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First Principles: Ambition Must Be Made To Counteract Ambition
“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Ambition, Constitution, Control, Counteract, Device, Federalist Papers, First Principles, Government, Human Nature, Interest, James Madison, Man, Place, Reflection, Rights
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First Principles: There Are No Necessary Evils In Government. Its Evils Exist Only In Its Abuses
“There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.” – Andrew Jackson
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Tagged Abuse, Andrew Jackson, Confine, Equal Protection, Favor, First Principles, Government, Heaven, High, Low, Necessary Evils, No, Poor, Rain, Rich, Unqualified Blessing
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Retribution For Frailty
Sadists like to kick people when they’re down. Turn to multiple forums from Facebook to otherwise and you see people constantly tearing at each other and doing this for the good of the other. Interesting how we convince ourselves … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Broken, Brutality, Cave, Comfort, Community, Corrupt, Cruelty, Damage Done, Dare, Desire, Desparation, Down, Eyes, Fester, Frailty, Good, Humilation, Kick, Know, Lie, Menace, Pain, Photograph, Piety, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pride, Punish, Refuse, Repressed, Retribution, Sadist, Savage, Save, Sting, Suffer, Torture, Truth, Vain, Vengeance, Vulnerable
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Thought For the Day: Whether Prince or Pauper, All Are Prone To Abuse Power If Not Guided By Love of Truth and Virtue
“Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.” – Jean de la Fontaine, poet and fabulist (8 Jul … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Animated, Anyone, Jean de la Fontaine, Love, Matter, Power, Prince, The People, Thought For the Day, Trust, Truth, Virtue
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First Principles: Power Is the Essence of Government and Ever Liable To Abuse
“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” – James Madison (1829)
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Tagged Abuse, Esesence, First Principles, Government, Human Hands, James Madison, Liable, Power
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Article 19 (The Burden of Secularism)
I have been reading through a series of works by Yuval Noah Harai that seems topical and a historian’s blend of philosophy and history projecting into humanity’s future. It’s been challenging and is spawning a few poems that are often … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Article 19, Ashes, Bad Impression, Billions, Blindspot, Capable, Catechism, Citizens, Compassion, Constraint, Creed, Dictatorship of the Majority, Dignity, Dissent, Dogma, Drag, Earth, Echo, Elite, Enslave, Equality, Ethics, Extermination, Failure, Fragments of Faith, Fraud, Free Thought, Freedom, Future, Global, God's Law, Godless, Gulag, Hierarchy, History, Hypocrisy, Ideals, Ignorance, Industrialiization, Legacy, Liberty, Lies, Marxism, Masses, Mercy, Misery, Modernization, Moral Compass, Oppression, Optimism, Pessimism, Philosophy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Progressive, Reality, Responsibility, Seculariism, Self Expression, Self Righteous, Shadow, Slogan, Society, The Fall, Tolerance, Truth, Truth Seeking, Vanity, Youth, Yuval N Harai
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Thought For the Day: The Deterioration of Any Government Begins With the Decay of Its Founding Principles
“The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.” – Charles de Montesquieu (1689-1755) If you have not yet read Spirit of Laws, I wish to highly recommend it. An English translation … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Apt, Authority, Charles de Montesquieu, Decay, Deterioration, Experience, Foundation, Government, Power, Principles, Thought For the Day
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Saving Face
I was reading a look at what it’s like to be a fading star in modern entertainment and how too often the unabashed hedonism leads to the downfall of way too many…. Saving Face by Michael Romani Dwindling fame and … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolution, Abuse, Anxiety, Apology Tour, Blind, Caustic, Celebrities, Clue, Disgrace, Face, Fame, Forgive, Forgiveness, Inadequate, Nucleus, Overcome, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Redemption, Save, Self Awareness, Star, Tension
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Spiritual Nose Dive
Sometimes there is evil or whispers of evil behind even the seemingly most pristine of situations and circumstances. Spiritual Nose Dive by Michael Romani In the midst of the excavated The truth is revealed in the prevaricated It challenges the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Adjudicate, Better, Church, Condemn, Confront, Darkest Hour, Discord, Fail, Flaws, Front, Gallows, God, God's Law, Gossip, Holy Roller, Human Beings, Humanity, Humor, Hypocrisy, Indiscretion, Judgment, Lessons, Lies, Meaning, Meant, Nose Dive, Perfect, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Predator, Relevance, Resonate, Sanctity, Secrets, Sermons, Shadow, Sharpened Sword, Sin, Sown, Spiritual, Truth, Words
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