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Thought For the Day: We Cannot Choose Our External Circumstances, But We Can Always Choose How We Respond To Them
“We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.” – Epictetus
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First Principles: If Angels Were To Govern Men, Neither External Nor Internal Controls On Government Would Be Necessary
“If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary…. [But lacking these] you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Angels, Controls, External, First Principles, Govern, Government, Internal, James Madison, Men, Necessary
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Artful In Implication
Artful In Implicationby Michael DoyleAll art is broad in its implicationBut tell me please the explanationAs today’s surrealism perks making us illWhile twisting everyday into a monstrous chillUnsettling images of disquieting sensoryExperiences abound here at the end of historyBeyond the … Continue reading
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Tagged Artful, Borders, Challenge, Charm, Comission, Complexity, Distortion, Distraction, Explanation, External, Fantasies, Feeding Frenzy, Freedom, History, Humor, Hypnotism, Imagination, Implication, Integrity, Legacy, Mercy, Needed Voices, Poetry and Poems, Portion, Pressure, Private Horrors, Process, Psychic Aumoatism, Radically Concomformist, Regimes, Represemtation, Repressive, Role, Serve, Slice, Surrealism, Thirst For Power, Truth, Violence Into Violation, Visual
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First Principles: A General Dissolution of Principles and Manners Will More Surely Overthrow the Liberties of America Than the Whole Force of the Common Enemy
“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then … Continue reading
First Principles: If Men Were Angels, No Government Would Be Necessary
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great … Continue reading
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Tagged Administer, Angels, Control, Difficulty, Enable, External, First Principles, Frame, Governed, Government, Internal, James Madison, Men, Necessary, Oblige
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First Principles: What Is Government Itself but the Greatest of All Reflections on Human Nature?
“But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.“– James … Continue reading
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First Principles: A Virtuous People Cannot Be Subdued
“While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.” – Samuel Adams (1779)
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First Principles: Persons of Intemperate Minds Cannot Be Free
“Society cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of … Continue reading
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Tagged Appetite, Control, Edmund Burker, Enslaved, External, First Principles, France, Free, French Revolution, Intemperance, Internal, Passions, Society, Will
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