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The Wolf Knows Its Howl
Enforced surveillance and censorship of the creative mind, particularly by oppressive government is nothing short of a crime against humanity. The Wolf Knows Its Howl by Michael Doyle When a writer must be brave To memorize just to save The … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Dogma Is the Conviction of One Man Imposed Authoritatively On Others
“Dogma is the convictions of one man imposed authoritatively upon others.” – Felix Adler (1851-1933)
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Tagged Authority, Conviction, Dogma, Felix Adler, Impose, One, Others, Thought For the Day
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Covenant (Hesed)
Of all love, there is one love that stands above all else. In this world in which love has become a very conditional thing given the give way at any moment of discontent or raised temporal passion, covenant love (hesed) … Continue reading
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Tagged Accept, Authority, Badly, Believe, Blind, Complete, Conditional, Covenant, Day, Devotion, Doubt, Endure, Eternal, Eyes, Faithfulness, Family, Forgiven, Forgot, Full, Given, God, Good News, Gospel, Grace, Heart, Heresy, Hesed, Integrity, Kind, Life On the Run, Lord's Will, Love, Loyal, Mercy, Noble, Nothing, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Preavil, Presence, Promise, Purpose, Purse, Question, Rest, Scales, Security, Sin, Something, Storm, Sunrise, Temerity, Tender, Transcend, Travesty, Trust, Turn, Unconditional, Undone
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Dark Hearted Contemplation
Gossips can be so harsh in the half truths and complete untruths they attempt to spread and the heartbreak they wish to inflict on those who are innocent in any case. This is a poem in response to the misdeeds … Continue reading
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Tagged Alibis, Animosity, Attack, Authority, Awak, Believe, Cheat, Code of Honor, Contemplation, Control, Dark Heart, Dishonest, Empty, End, Eyes, Faith, False Accusation, Faslity, Feeding Frenzy, Gossip, Hard World, Heartbreak, Innocent, Integrity, Island, Jealous, Left Alone, Liar, Lies, Life, Lost, Love, Peace, Petty, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Redemption, Responsible, Right, Rumors, Safety, Sauir, Soul, Stone, Strife, Think, Trouble, True Cause, Truth, Uncertain, Wish, Wonder, Words
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First Principles: A Bureaucrat Is the Most Despicable Person – Often Petty, Dull and Not To Be Trusted
“A bureaucrat is the most despicable of men, though he is needed as vultures are needed, but one hardly admires vultures whom bureaucrats so strangely resemble. I have yet to meet a bureaucrat who was not petty, dull, almost witless, … Continue reading
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Tagged Authority, Bureacrat, Crafty, Delight, Despicable, Dull, First Principles, Holder, Mankind, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Need, Oppressor, Petty, Resemble, Stupid, Thief, Trust, Viscious, Vulture, Witless
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Thought For the Day: Surround Yourself With the Best People Found, Delegate Authority and Don’t Interfere
“Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere.” – Ronald Reagan
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Tagged Authority, Best People, Delegate, Interfere, Ronald Reagan, Surround, Thought For the Day, You
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First Principles: The First Duty of Every Citizen Is To Question Authority
“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Authority, Benjamin Franklin, Citizen, First, First Principles, Question, Responsibility
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First Principles: The First Responsibility of Every Citizen Is To Question Authority
“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” – Benjamin Franklin
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First Principles: Our Liberty Depends On Our Education, Law and Habits and Is Founded On Morality and Religion
“Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on the influence all these produce on public opinion before that opinion governs … Continue reading
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Tagged Authority, Education, First Principles, Fisher Ames, Founded, Govern, Habit, Heart, Influence, Law, Liberty, Morals, Public Opinion, Reign, Religion, Rulers
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Webster’s Calling
At one time, Noah Webster called for a unifying national language of American English. On learning that the English were buying his dictionary, he decided instead it was a better thing to recognize that English is English with more in … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Authority, Civility, Clarity, Destruction, Dictionary, Dilect, Dissertation, Effort, Elite, English, Expressive, Independence, Linguist, National Language, Original Construction, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pronounce, Rules, Standard, Unity, Webster, Words
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