Tag Archives: Encroach

What Is To Be Will Be

Posted on December 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

What Is To Be Will Beby Michael DoyleAs the day of celebration approaches,My thoughts turn to the prayer that encroachesOn every other day and on all my ways.It is as important as Christmas Day.The Lord’s Prayer is, itself, a revolution.It … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Minorities Have A Right To Appeal To the Constitution As A Shield Against Such Oppression

Posted on April 1, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“By the theory of our Government majorities rule, but this right is not an arbitrary or unlimited one. It is a right to be exercised in subordination to the Constitution and in conformity to it. One great object of the … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Conformity, Constitution, Encroach, First Principles, Inaugural Address, James K. Polk, Just Rights, Majorities Rule, Minotiries, Not Arbitrary, Opress, Restrain Majorities, Shield, Subordination, Unilimited | Leave a comment

First Principles: This Balance Between the National and State Governments Ought To Be Dwelt On With Peculiar Attention, As It Is Of the Utmost Importance

Posted on June 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“This balance between the National and State governments ought to be dwelt on with peculiar attention, as it is of the utmost importance. It forms a double security to the people. If one encroaches on their rights they will find … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Attention, Balance, Constitutional Limits, Double Security, Encroach, First Principles, Government, Importance, National, Overpass, Protection, Rights, Rivalship, State, The People | Leave a comment

Sea Fire

Posted on February 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Sea Fireby Michael DoyleI brush the strands of your long hairIt is as soft as the finest silkI can feel it as you stand thereAnd we talk about the seas white as milkAs our ship passes through deep blue waterStanding … Continue reading →

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An Incident of Oxford Compilation

Posted on December 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

An Incident of Oxford Compilationby Michael DoyleIn my mind gathered so silentlyI pray against evil so vigilantlyIn the darkness of a blind alleyLost among the madmen in the galleryThough words come at me namedLanguage itself will not be tamedIt grows … Continue reading →

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First Principles: One Great Object of the Constitution Was To Restrain Majorities From Oppressing Minorities or Encroaching On Their Just Rights

Posted on October 8, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights.” – James K. Polk

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First Principles: Power Is of An Encroaching Nature and Must Be Restrained

Posted on February 8, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.” – James Madison (1788)

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First Principles: Power’s Encroaching Nature Must Be Restrained

Posted on September 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.” – James Madison, in Federalist 48

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First Principles: Power Should Be Restrained

Posted on July 15, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.” – James Madison, in Federalist 48 (1787) To read Federalist 48 in its entirety: http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa48.htm … Continue reading →

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