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First Principles: The Accumulation of All Powers…In the Same Hands…Whether Hereditary, Self-Appointed, Or Elective, May Justly Be Pronounced the very Definition of Tyranny
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” – James Madison (1788) This … Continue reading
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First Principles: Energy In the Executive Is A Leading Character In the Definition of Good Government
“Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the community against foreign attacks; it is not less essential to the steady administration of the laws; to the … Continue reading
First Principles: The Direction of War Most Peculiarly Demands Those Qualities Which Distinguish the Exercise of power By A Single Hand
“Of all the cares or concerns of government, the direction of war most peculiarly demands those qualities which distinguish the exercise of power by a single hand. The direction of war implies the direction of the common strength; and the … Continue reading
This Is the Baseline
This Is the Baselineby Michael DoyleThis This is the baselineMissed The punchline that was a signThat That showed us the worldAs Every dream was found fetal and curledMost stages of consciousnessAre degrees of insanityMirrored images of pretentiousnessHeld to the light … Continue reading
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Tagged Baseline, Breath, Bullet, Clear, Control, Death, Decision, Definition, Degrees, Dream, Error, Extractions, Faithful Soul, Fidelity, Flesh, Generation, Half Truth, Hit the Bottom, Insanity, Light, Memory, Mistakes, Outrun, Poetry and Poems, Precision, Pretentiousness, Primary Drive, Punchline, Real, Recognition, Situated, Stages of Consciousness, Struggle, System, Think and Feel, Trigger, Underneath, Vanity, Veneration, World
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First Principles: Energy In the Executive Is…Essential to the Protection of the Community Against Foreign Attacks
“Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the community against foreign attacks; it is not less essential to the steady administration of the laws; to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Ambition, Anarchy, Assaults, Community, Definition, Energy, Enterprises, Essential, Executive, Faction, First Principles, Foreign Attacks, Good Government, High-Handed Combinations, Interrupt, Irregular, Justice, Laws, Leading Character, Ordinary Course, Protection, Protection of Property, Security of Liberty, Stead Administration
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A Republic To Be Kept
A Republic To Be Keptby Michael DoyleStart then as it were with a nameWhat we will call out as informationThen like chess parts to the gameWe provide definition in affirmationWhat does this take in its inflectionTo voice what it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolute, Achieve, Affirmation, Believe, Blemishes, Chess, Coal, Consequences, Conspiracy, Constitution, Convention, Deception, Definition, Deform, Diamond, Disputation, Divine Geometry, Explanation, Feemen, Forced Hands, Fuzzy, Generation After Generation, Gilded Cage, Glimpse, Inflection, Information, Justice, Kept, Knowledge, Law, Lies, Mercy, Name, Nation, Object, Page, Peace, Plato, Poetry and Poems, Power Corrupts, Price, Prosperity, Reality, Reflection, Republic, Reputation, Rule of Law, See, Signed Name, Slaves, Spirit, Start, Surprise, Tempered, Truth, Tyrant, Voice, Winter, Wisdom
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A Perspective of Identity
A Perspective of Identityby Michael DoyleIdentityMulti-facetedYet abstractIntegral Stated with trustCrucial To communicationEssentialTo humanity’s explanationPervasive In every social interactionAn accelerated Mix of culture in transitionDiscussed amongst us allLike Babel’s great fallA conception in definitionDeveloped in competencyOr lost in the incendiarySocial categoryPersonal … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstract, Accelerate, Allegory, Babel, Communication, Competency, Comprise, Conception, Crucial, Definition, Destruction, Discuss, Elusive, Eseential, Heritage, Humanity, Identity, Incendiary, Inclusive, Integral, Lost, Mix of Culture, Multi-Faceted, Personal, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Reflective, Self-Deception, Shy, Social Category, Social Construction, Social Interaction, Social Norm, Speak, Time, Transition, Trust, Unique, View, Warm, Who Am I?
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First Principles: I Consider the Foundation of the Constitution As Laid On This Ground That ‘All Powers Not Delegated To the United States, By the Constitution, Nor Prohibited By It To the States, Are Reserved To the States Or To the People
“I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that ‘all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people.’ … Continue reading
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Tagged All Powers, Boundaries, Boundless Field, Consider, Constitution, Definition, Delegated, First Principles, Foundation, Ground, Opinion On the Constitutionality of a National Bank, Possession, Power, Powers of Congress, Prohibit, Single Step, States, The People, Thomas Jefferson, United States
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First Principles: The Accumulation of All Powers, Legislative, Executive and Judiciary, In the Same Hands…May Justly Be Pronounced the Very Definition of Tyranny
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” – James Madison (1788)
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Tagged Accumulation, All Powers, Definition, Elective, Executive, Few, First Principles, Hereditary, James Madison, Judiciary, Legislative, Many, One, Same Hands, Self-Appointed, Tyranny
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