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First Principles: The Fetters Imposed On Liberty At Home Have Been Forged Out of the Weapons Provided For Defense Against Real, Pretended, Or Imaginary Dangers From Abroad
“The fetters imposed on liberty at home have ever been forged out of the weapons provided for defence against real, pretended, or imaginary dangers from abroad.” – James Madison, 4th US president (16 Mar 1751-1836)
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Tagged Abroad, Danger, Defense, Fetters, First Principles, Forge, Home, Imaginary, James Madison, Liberty, Pretend, Real, Weapon
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Inside A Glass Onion
Inside A Glass Onionby Michael DoyleIt’s a dangerous thingTo speak without thinkingIt’s what the red pill bringsThat leaves us drunker than drinkingBringing the system down and brokenBy being violently visible and outspokenWilling to stab a friend in the faceFor the … Continue reading
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Tagged Broken, Charade, Corruption, Danger, Disruption, Drink, Fifteen Minutes, Glass Onion, Golf Clap, Masquerade, Outspoken, Poetry and Poems, Red Pill, Stab, System, Think
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First Principles: I Place Economy Among the First and Most Important of Republican Virtues, and Public Debt As the Greatest of the Dangers To Be Feared
“I … place economy among the first and most important of republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)
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Tagged Danger, Economy, Fear, First, First Principles, Most Important, Public Debt, Republican Virtues, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: The Army (Considering the Irritable State It Is In, Its Suffering and Composition) Is A Dangerous Instrument To Play With
“The Army (considering the irritable state it is in, its suffering and composition) is a dangerous instrument to play with.” – George Washington (1783)
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Tagged Composition, Danger, First Principles, George Washington, Instrument, Irritable State, Play, Suffer, The Army
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First Principles: Act Worthy of Yourselves
“Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of. Our enemies are numerous and powerful; but we have many friends, determining to be free, and heaven and earth will aid the resolution. On you depend the fortunes of … Continue reading
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Tagged Country, Danger, Enemies, First Principles, Fortunes of America, Free, Friends, Happiness, Haven and Earth, Joseph Warren, Liberty, Resolution, Worthy
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First Principles: I Place Economy Among the First and Most Important of Republican Virtues, and Public Debt As the Greatest of Dangers To Be Feared
“I … place economy among the first and most important of republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared. … Taxation follows that, and in its turn wretchedness and oppression.”– Thomas Jefferson, Letter to … Continue reading
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Tagged Danger, Economy, Fear, First Principles, Public Debt, Republican Virtues, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Wherever the Real Power In A Government Lies, There Is the Danger of Oppression
“Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.” – James Madison (1788)
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Tagged Danger, First Principles, Government, James Madison, Oppession, Real Power
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Shadowboxing
Shadowboxingby Michael DoyleShadowboxing with my egoHiding from whispers of an echoWhen cleansing of sin is neededAnd common sense is not heededThere are dangers in complexityRaw feelings rough in their simplicityI just need to hold on to the sunriseVisions that bleed … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Soul, Bleed, Cleansing of Sin, Common Sense, Complexity, Danger, Demons Dwell, Echo, Ego, Grow, Hid, Hurt, ID, Inferno, Innocence of Childhood, Jaded Past, Killing Me, Let Go, Living Hell, Lose Control, Love, Making, Mistakes, Must, Pain Inside, Past Trauma, Poetry and Poems, Pool of Blood, Raw Feelings, Shadow Boxing, Simplicity, Sunrise, Swept, Taking, Trust, Uncertainty, Whisper, World, Wound, Wounded Parts
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Club Handy
Club Handyby Michael DoyleEvery showman is a tricksterA sophisticated and tragically hipsterLeaving the girls with smiles on their facesMoving them deeply with his tracesIt’s a carnival of scamPutting on the ritualistic glamWith bated breath ready to flyAs heartbreak paints the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bated Breath, Blues, Carnival, Club Handy, Colonel, Danger, Dirty and Gritty, Faces, Flow, Girls, Glam, God Given Gifts, Heartbreak, High Class, Hipster, King, Life On the Road, Mama's Eyes, Merchandising, Mesmerize, Misunderstood, Money, Monkeys, Poetry and Poems, Riffs, Scam, Sell, Shady Past, Shaken Hips, Show, Showman, Smiles, Sophisticated, Tale, Traces, Trickster, Whispers
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