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Tag Archives: Democracy
Stirred Up In Recipe
Stirred Up In Recipeby Michael DoyleIt is hard to be ecstaticAbout a man who acts erraticNor is there a thrill in Bernie’s weekendThat gives anyone a reason to pretendThat we have any reason left to be reverentAbout just choosing something … Continue reading
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Tagged After, Anywhere, Believe, Bernie, Best Choices, Better Days, Choose, Comedians, Conspiracy, Corrected, Craven, Day-To-Day, Democracy, Depiction, Different, Dire, Directed, Disaster, Disrespectful, Ecstatic, Erratic, Face, Fiction, First Time, Graven, Grim, History, Laugh, Left, Look, Man, Mystery, Outcomes, Poetry and Poems, Point, Pray, Pretend, Prospects, Reason, Recipe, Republic, Reverent, Safe Place, Say, Situation, Solution, Stirred Up, Stranger, Thrill, Truth, Weekend, Wiling, Wire, Work Out, World, Worse
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Thought For the Day: Twitter Serves As the De Facto Public Town Square. Free Speech Is Essential To A Functioning Democracy.
“Twitter serves as the de facto public town square. Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy.” – Elon Musk
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Tagged De Facto, Democracy, Elon Musk, Essential, Free Speech, Functioning, Thought For the Day, Town Square, Twitter
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In the Tragedy of Wisdom
In the Tragedy of Wisdomby Michael DoyleAs we sit writing for an audienceAimed as it is to somehow pleaseThe words of Shakespeare and SophoclesShine in all of their brillianceOne wrote for the strong, just kingThe other in the promise of … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Aim, Annals, Aristotle, Athenian, Audience, Brilliance, Capacity, Cathartic, Central Issue, Citizenry, Confide, Consequence, Decision, Dedication, Democracy, Depths of Sorrow, Disposition, Educate, Education, Every Century, Fallen, Fear, Good, History, Human Pride, Humanity, Initiation, King, Madness, Mistake, Morality, Night, Nobility, Persuasion, Philosophy, Pity, Playwright, Please, Poetry and Poems, Pure, Recompense, Sadness, Shakespeare, Sophocles, Sovereignity, Tragedy, Truth, Unafraid, Wisdom, Works, Write
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First Principles: Democracy and Socialism Have Nothing In Common But One Word: equality. But Notice the Difference… Socialism Seeks… Restraint and Servitude
“Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.” – Alexis de Tocqueville
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Tagged Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy, Difference, Equality, First Principles, Liberty, Nothing In Common, Notice, One Word, Restraint, Servitude, Socialism
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First Principles: Democracy Will Soon Degenerate Into An Anarchy, Such An Anarchy That Every Man Will Do What is Right In His Own Own Eyes
“[D]emocracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man’s life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these … Continue reading
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Tagged An Essay on Man's Lust For Power, Anarchy, Beauty, Capricious Will, Cruelty, Degenerate, Democracy, Every Man, First Principles, Intellectual Abilities, John Adams, Liberty, Life, Moral Virtues, One, Own Eyes, Powers, Property, Reputation, Science, Secure, Very Few, Wanton Pleasures, Wealth, Wit
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First Principles: A Republic, If You Can Keep It.
“A republic, if you can keep it.” – Benjamin Franklin After the Biden Administration has repetitively stressed calling the American way of life over and over again, it seems there is no better time to remind those misinformed to read … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Biden Administration, Chaos, Constitutional Convention, Constitutional Representative Republic, Democracy, First Principles, James Madison, Keep It, Notes From the Constitutional Convention, Referendum, Republic, Self-Destructive, The Federalist Papers
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First Principles: Real Liberty Is Neither Found In Despotism Or the Extremes of Democracy, But In Moderate Governments
“Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.” – Alexander Hamilton
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Democracy, Despotism, Extremes, First Principles, Found, Liberty, Moderate Governments, Real, Republican Government
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