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First Principles: It Is Wiser To Govern Through Sound Principles Than Events
“Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events.” – Henry Knox
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Tagged Consequences, Country, Events, First Priciples, Friend, Government, Henry Knox, Liberty, Prevent, Reflect, Result
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First Principles: It Is the Small Business Owners Who Have the Most Stake In Our Country and Community and Are Its Best Citizens
“The more people who own little businesses of their own, the safer our country will be, and the better off its cities and towns; for the people who have a stake in their country and their community are its best … Continue reading
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Tagged Citizen, City, Community, Country, First Principles, John Hancock, Safe, Small Business, Stake, Town
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Thought For the Day: More Powerful Than American Arms Is the Strength of American Hearts
“More powerful than the strength of American arms was the strength of American hearts.” – Donald Trump, commemorating D-Day Also, noteworthy in his remarks: “We are gathered here on Freedom’s Altar. On these shores, on these bluffs, on this day … Continue reading
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Tagged American Arms, American Hearts, Bluffs, Brothers, Civilization, Country, Cross, D-Day, Donald Trump, Freedom's Altar, Liberty, Lives, Normandy, Powerful, Sacrifice, Shores, Star of David, Strength, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: America Was Meant To Unify In Establishing American English As Our National Language
“NOW is the time, and this the country, in which we may expect changes favorable to language . . . . Let us then seize the present moment, and establish a national language, as well as a national government.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Country, Establish, First Principles, Language, National Government, National Language, Noah Webster, Present, Seize, Time
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First Principles: Legal Immigrants Are Welcome To Join American Society and Conform To Our Established Rules
“Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in society, conforming, as I doubt not you will do, to our established rules.” —Thomas Jefferson … Continue reading
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Tagged Acknowledge, Born, Conform, Country, Established Rules, First Principles, Happy, Join, Law, Right, Society, Thomas Jefferson
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The Wrong of Pop
Dedicated to Taylor Swift’s latest effort: The Wrong of Pop by Michael Romani A penchant for speaking truth Ove humble country strums Might speak of passion and youth But offer no excuse for Jazzercize drums Idiosyncratic bits of garish tackiness … Continue reading
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Tagged Catchiness, Confront, Country, Disbelief, Empty, End Game, Excuse, Frazzle, Grief, Helium, Humble, Indignity, Jazzercize, Passion, Perception, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pop, Prep Rally, Selfie, Shelf, Smug, Sonic, Spill, Strum, Tacky, Taylor Swift, Tricks, Truth
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A Vancouverite Current
The Na/GloPoWriM0 Day 15 challenge is to provide a Robert Brown or Shakespearian styled monologue sort of a poem. I opted for a redo on Hamlet’s “To Be or Not To Be” monologue. Kind of.. I opted for happy thoughts not … Continue reading
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Tagged Arms, Beaten, Border, Caution, Conscience, Country, Coward, Current, Decision, Deep, Delay, Devote, Dream, Flesh, Folly, Fortune, Friend, Gloom, Good, Gray, Happiness, Happy, Heartache, Heir, Hope, Infatuation, Insolence, Jammies, Know, Life, Love, Me, Merit, Moment, Monologue, Mortal Coil, Motivation, Na/GloPoWriMo, Naked, Native Resolution, Noise, Patience, Pause, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Purn, Puzzle, Question, Quiet, Regret, Respect, Return, Reward, Robert Brown, Sake, Shock, Sky, Sleep, Song, Thought, Time, To Be Or Not To Be, Traveler, Trouble, Turn Back, Vancouver, Voyage, Warmth, Weary, Will, William Shakespeare, Wisdom, Wish, Worth
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First Principles: Can the Liberties of A Nation Be Secure When The Conviction That the Liberties Are A Gift From God?
“God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Basis, Conviction, Country, First Principles, Gift of God, God, Just, Justice, Liberty, Life, Mind, Nation, Reflect, Secure, Sleep, The People, Thomas Jefferson, Tremble, Violated, Wrath
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First Principles: The Greatest Good For Our Nation Is To Heal Party Divisions and Act As One People
“The greatest good we can do our country is to heal its party divisions and make them one people.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
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First Principles: Our Liberties Are A Gift From God
“And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to … Continue reading
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Tagged Conviction, Country, Firm Basis, First Principles, Gift of God, God, Just, Justice, Liberties, Liberty, Mind, Nation, Secure, Sleep, The People, Thomas Jefferson, Tremble, Violate, Wrath
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