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First Principles: We Must Be Guided By An Exalted Justice and Benevolence
“It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great Nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a People always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.” — George Washington … Continue reading
Short Form Poetry Workshop – Rispetto – Making America Great Again Rispetto
How remiss of me, I forgot to post that I attended the Short Form Poetry Workshop this past Tuesday. The form studied this week is the Rispetto: How do you write a Rispetto • 8 lines broken into 2 stanza … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Faith, Healing, Ideals, Poem, Prayers, Rispetto, Short Form Poetry, Stanza, United
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First Principles: Part of the Greatness of America Rests In Learning From Mistakes
“The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.” – Alexis de Toqueville A classic example of this might currently be in how much latitude we … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexis de Toqueville, America, Balance, First Principles, Greatness, Growing, Learning, Mistakes, Repair, Restore, Stronger
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Thought For the Day: Principles Remain In Tact As America Changes
“Two things in America are astonishing: the changeableness of most human behavior and the strange stability of certain principles. Men are constantly on the move, but the spirit of humanity seems almost unmoved.” – Alexis de Tocqueville A complete copy … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexis de Tocqueville, America, Change, Democracy In America, First Principles, Spirit, Stability
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First Principles: The Bosom of America Is Open
“The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions; whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges…” – George … Continue reading
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Tagged All, America, Assimilation, George Washington, Immigration, Oppressed, Presecuted, Respect, Rights
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First Principles: America’s Foundation Depends On Our Moral Precepts
“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.” —Samuel Adams (1779) Our American republic depends at its foundation on the moral precepts on which it … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Liberties, manners, Principles, Samuel Adams
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First Principles: All Humanity Is Equally Bound To God’s Laws
“In the supposed state of nature, all men are equally bound by the laws of nature, or to speak more properly, the laws of the Creator.” – Samuel Adams, in a Letter to the Massachusetts State Legislature, January 17, 1794 … Continue reading
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Tagged America, First Principles, God's Law, Patriot, Samuel Adams, State of Nature, Veterans
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Thought For the Day: Act Worthy of Yourselves
“The man who meanly will submit to wear a shackle, contemns the noblest gift of heaven, and impiously affronts the God that made him free. Ease and prosperity (though pleasing for a day) have often sunk a people into … Continue reading
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Tagged Affronts, America, American Revolution, American Service Members, Christianity, Effeminacy, First Principles, Fortunes, Freedom, God, Gratitude, Joseph Warren, Liberty, Memorial Day, Oration, Public Square, Service, Shackle, Sloth, Thankfulness, Thought For the Day, Worthy
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Take Five, #3: Recognizing the Enemy
The third poem from tonigh’s short-form poetry workshop relied on the following words: Take Five, Part 2: 1 – defenestration the action of throwing someone or something out of a window. the action of dismissing someone from a position of … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Colaphize, Defenestration, Emetic, Hapax, Lucifer, Marx, Poetry, Republican, Rules for Radicals, Saul Alinsky, Short Form Poetry, Take Five, Tax, Vicissitude
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