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First Principles: Our Constitution Was Made Only For A Moral and Religious People. It Is Wholly Inadequate To the Government of Any Other
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution … Continue reading
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Tagged Avarice, Constitutuion, Cords, First Principles, Gallantry, Govenrment, Human Passions, Inadequate, John Adams, Moral and Religious People, Morality, Net, Power, Religion, Revenge, Whale
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Waters of Life
Waters of Lifeby Michael DoyleNavigating the waters of lifeFrom dreams of others comes lateThe sacrifices are not in vainFor the dreams and nightmares on the mainTo open one’s eyes and seeThe rebirth needed for eternityDreaming of the endless nightThe one … Continue reading
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Tagged Abel, Answers, Avarice, Battle Flag, Blame, Blood, Cain, Days, Death, Dreams, Dreams and Nightmares, Endless Night, Eternal Quest, Eternity, Eyes, Fallen Glory, Fell, Found, Future, Go Wrong, Hell, Immortality, Know, Life, Light, Lucifer, Main, Morning, Murder, Murders, Navigate, Pride, Rain, Ravens, Rebirth, Sacrifice, See, Sight, Story, Tale, Talons, Tangled Web, Three, Vain, Victim, Waking World, Waters
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On Becoming A World Power
American history continues as the United States advanced post Civil War into the early 1900s, our strength grew and with it wisely or unwisely we expanded our foreign policy out into the world with all its challenges good and bad. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1900s, 1946, Abroad, Alaska, Ambition, America, American History, Americas, Annexiation, Argue, Avarice, Becoming, Benediction, Beveridge, Booty, Canal, Caution, Civil War, Colonialism, Cuba, Dedication, Deploy, Destroy, Divide, Elite, Entanglement, Europe, Evidence, Extrication, Filipino, Flag, Focus, Foreign Policy, Free, Future, Gomper, Great Power, Grover Cleveland, Hawai'i, Heart, Ideals, Imperialism, Independence, Interest, Intrigue, Inward, John Quincy Adams, Land, Liberty, Manifest Destiny, March, Mckinley, Monroe Doctrine, Monster, Nation, Navy, Ocean, Photograph, Platte Amendment, Poem, Poetry, Practical, Puerto Rico, Racism, Reason, Remember the Maine, Republic, Russia, Samoa, Sanctimony, Self Rule, Seward's Folly, Social Darwinism, Social Gospel, Soul, Spain, Spirit, The Phillipines, Trade, Trading Port, War, War of 1812, William Howard Taft, World Power, Yellow Dog Journalism
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First Principles: There Is No Government Capable of Contending With Human Passions Unbridled By Morality and Religion
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambition, Avarice, Constitution, Contend, Cord, First Principles, Gallantry, Government, Human, Inadequate, John Adams, Moral, Morality, Net, Other, Passion, People, Power, Religion, Religious, Revenge, Whale
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First Principles: Beware That Two Passions Strongly Influence Politics – Love of Power and Love of Money
“(T)here are two passions which have a powerful influence in the affairs of men. These are ambition and avarice—the love of power and the love of money. Separately, each of these has great force in prompting men to action; but, … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Ambition, Avarice, Benjamin Franklin, First Principles, Honor, Influence, Love of Money, Love of Power, Politics, Profit, Two Passion
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First Principles: Our Constitution Was Made For A Moral and Religious People and Is Inadequate To Govern Otherwise
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution … Continue reading
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Tagged Address to the Military, Ambition, Avarice, Constitution, Cords, First Principles, Gallantry, Govern, Government, Human Passions, Immoral, Inadequate, Irreligious, John Adams, Morality, Religion, Revenge
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An Obsession of Shadow
The challenge for the 13th day of Na/GloPoWriMo is to write something spooky or somewhat creepy. To me, there is maybe nothing more creepy than the shadowed, dark side of human nature. An Obsession of Shadow by Michael Romani Hiding … Continue reading
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