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First Principles: The End of Law Is Not To Abolish Or Restrain, But, To Preserve and Enlarge Freedom
“The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.” – John Locke … Continue reading
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Tagged Abolish, End, Enlarge, First Principles, Freedom, John Locke, Law, Preserve, Restrain, States
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Thought For the Day: The Right To Life Is the Foundation of Freedom Itself
“The right to life is the foundation of freedom itself.” – Rep. Kevin McCarthy
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Tagged Foundation, Freedom, Kevin McCarthy, Life, Right, Thought For the Day
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Nestled
History is to learn from. Not to be dwelt on. But to take the lessons learned into today so that we might build a better tomorrow. Nestled by Michael Romani Nestled behind an old chapel Rests with the bite of … Continue reading
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Tagged Antebellum, Apple, Benighted, Blind, Brutality, Build, Chapel, Compromise, Contrary, False, Family, Freedom, Gentry, History, Learn, Legacy, Lessons, Moonlight and Magnolias, Paradox, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Slavery, Southern Heritage, Tidewater, Tomorrow, Truth
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First Principles: Sad Will Be the Day When Americans Forget Their Traditions and Their History
“Sad will be the day when the American people forget their traditions and their history, and so longer remember that the country they love, the institutions they cherish, and the freedom they hope to preserve, were born from the throes … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Day, Fearless, First Principles, Forget, Freedom, History, Remember, Resistance, Roger Sherman, Sad, Tradition, Tyranny
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American Dream
In this day and age, so many tear at the foundations of America. They do so with an almost willful ignorance of what came before and what’s happened since. There is an insistence that perfection be from the beginning when … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Children, Confuse, Critic, Crumble, Dream, Dystopia, Family, Foundation, Freedom, Gettysburg, God Given, Hues, Human Condition, Humble Beginning, Ignorance, Judge, Mankind, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Reparations, Revolution, Shoes, Shoulder, Slavery, Tear, Today, Understanding
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First Principles: Liberty Consists In Freedom To Do All Desired That Injures No One Without Limit Except To Assure This Right To Everyone Else
“Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of … Continue reading
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Tagged Enjoy, Exercise, First Principle, Freedom, Injure, Liberty, Limit, Mankind, Maquis de Lafayette, Natural Rights, Rights, Society
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Heartland United
Tales of the American Heartland… Heartland United by Michael Romani We have one heartland united In a nation too divided Filled with hop and our heartbreak The nation’s heart awakes From Nebraska to the Central Valley There is a flavor … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th of July, America, Celebration, Central Valley, Dream, Flavor, Freedom, Genuine, Guitar, Handshake, Heartland, Horse, Integrity, Lullaby, Melody, Moon, Myth, Nashville, Nation, Nebraska, Ole Glory, Patriot, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Sentimental, Smile, Sophist, Tears, Town, United
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First Principles: Liberty, Once Lost, Is Lost Forever
“But a constitution of government once changed from freedom can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.””– John Adams
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Tagged Constituion, First Principles, Forever, Freedom, Government, John Adams, Liberty, Lost, Restore
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Thoughts On Arlington (Memorial Day 2019)
America has never been so seemingly divided since our Civil War. Thoughts On Arlington by Michael Romani With so many jokes out to rewrite history It really isn’t much of a mystery That our nation barely stands divided With too … Continue reading
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Tagged 1865, All, America, Appomattox, Arliington, Blood, Brother, Cemetery, Civil War, Divided, Eternal Flame, Fall, First Principles, Freedom, George Washington, God's Creation, Greatness, Heroes, Home, Honor, Lesson Learned, Memorial Day 2019, Nation, No Greater Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Revisionist History, Rite, Robert E Lee, Sister, Slaughter, Thought, Undivided, War, We The People, Wound
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First Principles: Freedom Requires Those Willing to Undergo the Rigors of Supporting It
“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.” – Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, No. 4, September 11, 1777
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Tagged Blessings, Expect, Fatigue, First Principles, Freedom, Mankind, No. 4, Reap, Support, The American Crisis, Thomas Paine
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