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First Principles: No People Can Be Bound To Acknowledge And Adore the Invisible Hand, Which Conducts the Affairs of Men More Than the People of the United States

Posted on September 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand, which conducts the Affairs of men more than the People of the United States. Every step, by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Best Index To A Person’s Character Is (a) How He Treats People Who Can’t Do Him Any Good, and (b) How He Treats People Who Can’t Fight Back

Posted on August 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back.” – Abigail Van Buren (August 1980)

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Thought For the Day: It Is Fortunate To Be of High Birth, But It Is No Less To Be of Such Character That People Do Not Care To Know Whether You Are Or Are Not

Posted on August 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.” – Jean de la Bruyere, essayist and moralist … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A University’s Essential Character Is That of Being A Center of Free Inquiry and Criticism – A Thing Not Be Sacrificed For Anything Else

Posted on August 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“A university’s essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism – a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else.” – Richard Hofstadter So then, if this former member of the Communist Party, USA, and … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Public Cannot Be Too Curious Concerning the Characters of Public Men

Posted on July 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.” -Samuel Adams (1775)

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Thought For the Day: Human Greatness Does Not Lie In Wealth or Power, But In Character and Goodness

Posted on June 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.” – Anne Frank

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The Magnificence of Significance

Posted on May 6, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Magnificence of Significance by Michael DoyleFrom the beginning, we have the visionWe might lack in our precisionBut we know what we’re going forFaith is the kindness that opens the closed doorIn all the paths we are shownWe look back … Continue reading →

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A Trinity Moment Revealed

Posted on March 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Trinity Moment Revealedby Michael DoyleThe church’s smile has been metNever missing a generation yetIt’s okay to share the laughterAs we prepare for the here ever afterThe yoke we put on, we must recallGives us more than it takes after … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Still I Hope I Shall Always Possess Firmness and Virtue Enough To Maintain (What I Consider the Most Enviable of All Titles) the Character of An Honest Man

Posted on February 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Still I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain (what I consider the most enviable of all titles) the character of an honest man.” – George Washington to Alexander Hamilton (Thursday, August 28, 1788)

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Loving Enough For Two

Posted on January 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Loving Enough For Twoby Michael DoyleIt was easy enough to feel slightedAs off in the distance, he sightedEnough to evidence his dreams shatteringAs her coldness set his teeth chatteringHe hadn’t wanted to open up and hear itThat there was a … Continue reading →

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