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First Principles: The Private Character Serves to Instruct On Public Persons
“The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.” – Samuel Adams (1775)
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Tagged Character, Citizens, First Principles, Leaders, manners, Private, Public, Public Trust, Samuel Adams, Vigilience
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Thought for the Day: Prosperity and Human Fulfillment Are Created From the Bottom Up
“We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment are created from the bottom up, not the government down.” – Ronald Reagan
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Tagged Bottom Up, Citizens, Free Market, Fulfillment, Government Down, Growth, Prosperity, Ronald Reagan, Society, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Honest Persons Find No Pleasure In Coercive Power
“An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.” — Thomas Jefferson (1813)
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Tagged Citizens, Coercive Power, First Principles, Governance, Government, Honest People, Integrity, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Don’t Give Up Essential Liberty For Temporary Safety
“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” — Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1795
First Principles: Freedom Does Not Come For Free
“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.” — Thomas Paine (1777) As Veteran’s Day approaches in this season of thankfulness and blessings, I think on the above… a lot. … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessings, Citizens, Dedication, Earn, Freedom, Patriotism, Service, Thomas Paine
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Thought For the Day: Citizens Must Keep Government From Error
“It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.” —Justice Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954) If nothing else this … Continue reading
Mercy In An Aquatic Ballet
Mercy In An Aquatic Ballet by Michael Romani Behemoths glide in slow motion Dancing on the surface of the ocean Humpback Whales in a water ballet Immersed and then breeching in aquatic play We bring the boats up closely To … Continue reading
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Tagged Aquatic, Ballet, Breech, Citizens, Humpback Whales, Mercy, Ocean, Photographs, Plea, Poetry, Prayer, Waves, Whales
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