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First Principles: Before A Standing Army Can Rule, The People Must Be Disarmed
“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe.” – Noah Webster (1787) Clearly, the intention of the Founders was that the People’s arms capacity should at a minimum … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Armed, Disarmed, Europe, First Principles, Force, Kingdom, Noah Webster, Regular Troops, Rule, Standing Army, Superior, Supreme Power, Sword, The People, United States, Unjust Law
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Angel Falls (Recalls)
There’s a lot of power in the water that flows on this planet of ours. Like the sun .. but a lot cooler.. it is a bringer of both life and destruction…. Angel Falls (Recalls) by Michael Romani Angel Falls … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel Falls, Backbone, Beauty, Chemistry, Complexity, Consistent, Crumble, Cycle, Death, Destruction, Earth, Echo, Electric, Energy, Ethereal, Flow, Force, Found, Fright, Heat, Hour, Hydrothermal, Island, Kinetic, Ledge, Life, Lightning, Loop, Mystery, Newborn, Ocean, Organic, Peak, Photograph, Planet, Poem, Poetry, Power, Primordial, Rock, Sky, Soul, Soup, Stardust, Storm, Strife, Sun, Surge, Synergy, System, Warm, Water
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First Principles: Government Is Founded On the Necessities of Our Nature and the Unchangeable Will of God
“Government is founded not on force, as was the theory of Hobbes; nor on compact, as was the theory of Locke and of the revolution of 1688; nor on property, as was the assertion of Harrington. It springs from the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1688, Compact, First Principles, Force, Found, Foundation, Government, Harrington, Hobbes, James Otis, Locke, Nature, Necessity, Property, Revolution, Springs, Unchangeable, Will of God
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Breathe the Legacy
The Na/GloPoWriMo Day Four challenge is to write a sad poem. That’s easy enough to do this time around. Someone who is increasingly important to me beyond nearly all measure of my meager words recently lost someone. I can … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocate, Born, Brave, Breathe, Dare, Deep, Defense, Family, Footstep, Force, Fragrant, Heart, History, Hurt, Legacy, Liberty, Life, Live, Lost, Lost Child, Love, Modern World, Na/GloPoWriMo, Photograph, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Right, Sad, Show, Soul, Speak Well, Steep, Step, Tender, Tough, Truth, Vancouver, Win, Woman
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First Principles: Guard Public Liberty Vigilantly Against Anyone Who Seeks To Encroach On This
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.” – Patrick Henry, speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention, … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention, First Principles, Force, Guard, Jewel, Patrick Henry, Preserve, Public Liberty, Ruin, Suspect
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First Principles: The Interest of the Majority Does Not Set the Standard of Right Or Wrong
“There is no maxim in my opinion which is more liable to be misapplied, and which therefore needs elucidation than the current one that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong…. In fact it … Continue reading
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Tagged Elucidation, First Principles, Force, James Madison, Majority, Maxim, Measure of Right, Misapply, Political Standard, Right and Wrong
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First Principles: Government Is Force Like Fire, A Dangerous Servant and Fearful Master
“Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” – George Washington
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First Principles: A Government of Unjust Laws Cannot Stand Before An Armed People
“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Politics Has Little Love of Truth and Accurate Reasoning
“The political spirit is the great force in throwing the love of truth and accurate reasoning into a secondary place.” – John Viscount Morley (1838-1923)
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 