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First Principles: If Mankind Were Angels, There Would Be No Need For Government
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.” – James Madison
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Tagged Angels, Control, Federalist Papers, First Principles, Governance, Government, James Madison, Mankind, Necessity
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Daily Prompt – Stir
Baby, won’t you stir it up Drinking from that hot cup Whipped into shape Without superman’s cape I descend from love to friend Never thought we’d end But, there’s a bass line When I turn and find That when I’ve … Continue reading
Daily Prompt – Prayer
Feeling it again, hurting soul to soul As I reel from things I can’t control If I want peace, I know who I am And I have to keep to that despite the slam Of another door right into my … Continue reading
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Tagged Absurd, Believer, Control, Daily Prompt, Door, Embrace, Feeling, Heartbreak, Hurt, Laugh, Locked Door, Mocked, Peace, Prayer, Reel, Soul, Stair
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First Principles: Sovereign Power Tends To Be Hostile To Those Seeking Restraint Of Its Operations
“There is in the nature of sovereign power an impatience of control, that disposes those who are invested with the exercise of it, to look with an evil eye upon all external attempts to restrain or direct its operations.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Animus, Control, Direction, Federalist Papers, First Principles, Hostile, Impatience, Nature, Restraint, Sovereign Power
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Thought For the Day: Hating Others Belittles Our Souls
“I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.” – Booker T. Washington, reformer, educator, and author (5 Apr 1856-1915)
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Tagged Booker T Washington, Control, Hatred, Inability to Control, Love, Others, Self, Soul, Thought For the Day
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Let It Roll
Isaiah 42 Let It Roll by Michael Romani All these obsessive intentions Play into the one contention That things slip through our hands For a reason that I don’t understand A quiet voice whispers to me Boy, you gotta let … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Blame, Blind, Control, Fire, Friend, Illusion, Intention, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Roll, Whisper
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Never Ceasing
Never Ceasing by Michael Romani I have you in the depths of my soul No doubt about whose in control Looking for my faith to increase Praying for my love to never cease Such a simple concept to embrace Living … Continue reading
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Tagged Control, Embrace, Faith, God, Love, Measure, Nurture, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Soul
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Caving In
Caving In by Michael Romani Looking around Sometimes it seems That what we’ve found Is far less than our dreams Heaven is caving in It’s a sinkhole That we’re living in Spiraling out of control Served up On hot plates … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Control, Dreams, Good fight, Observation, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sinkhole, Spiral
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Foothold Out of the Pathological
Foothold Out of the Pathological by Michael Romani What do we do When the horror descends? When we lose a few loved ones? When we lose a lot of friends? We find the need to blame To cast the blame … Continue reading
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Tagged Blame, Christianity, Control, Defense, Evil, Fairy Tales, Foothold, God, Good, Horror, Name, Pathological, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poison Wells, Prayer
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First Principles: Persons of Intemperate Minds Cannot Be Free
“Society cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of … Continue reading
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Tagged Appetite, Control, Edmund Burker, Enslaved, External, First Principles, France, Free, French Revolution, Intemperance, Internal, Passions, Society, Will
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