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Thought For the Day: Those Who Expect To Reap the Blessings of Freedom Must, Like Men, Undergo the Fatigue of Supporting It
“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” – Thomas Paine
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The End of the Imperial Judiciary
The End of the Imperial Judiciaryby Michael DoyleIt is the end of the imperial judiciaryAs we keep freedom as our legacy.No more will lawlessness prevailAs we salute freedom’s swell.A district court has less power than the president.It doesn’t matter who … Continue reading
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Tagged Derangement, District Court, End, Executive Policy, Fact, Far Left, Freedom, Imperial Judiciary, Lawlessness, Legacy, Legal History, Legal Principles, Pity, Poetry and Poems, Power, Precedent, President, Radical Left, Recall, Rule of Law, Sitting President, Stare Decisis, United States Supreme Court
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Life’s Race Is Won
Life’s Race Is Wonby Michael DoyleIn our Father’s nameWe proclaim our freedomFrom our sins and shame.We become part of His kingdom.As Heaven reignsWe cast aside our chains.With the holiness spokenThe power of Hell is broken.In all the mercy knownGod’s greatness … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Broken, Chains, Crown of Glory, Dance, Father, Father's Name, Freedom, God, Grace, Great;ness, Greatness, Head, Heaven Reigns, Hell, His Love, Holliness, Kingdom, Known, Life's Race, Love, Mercy, Poetry and Poems, Proclaim, Providence, Race, Shame, Shine, Shown, Sins, Son, Spoken, Walk, Won, Wonder, Words
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First Principles: When We Honor Our Flag, We Honor What We Stand For As A Nation – Freedom, Equality, Justice, and Hope
“When we honor our flag, we honor what we stand for as a nation—freedom, equality, justice, and hope.” – Ronald Reagan
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Tagged Equality, First Principles, Flag, Freedom, Honor, Hope, Justice, Nation, Ronald Reagan
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Thought For the Day: The Secret of Happiness Is Freedom, and the Secret of Freedom Is Courage
“The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage.” – Thucydides It has ever been the same and it always will be. Bless those who have laid down their lives for our freedoms and liberties.
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First Principles: Freedom Is Not Bought Cheaply. It Has A Cost; It Imposes A Burden…So Too Must We – In A Less Final, Less Heroic Way – Be Willing To Give of Ourselves
“Our first obligation to them and ourselves is plain enough: The United States and the freedom for which it stands, the freedom for which they died, must endure and prosper. Their lives remind us that freedom is not bought cheaply. … Continue reading
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Tagged Burden, Cheaply, Commenorate, Costs, Died, Endure and Prosper, Final, First Obligation, First Principles, Freedom, Give of Ourselves, Heroic, Lives, Ronald Reagn, Sacrifice, United States
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First Principles: The Secret of Freedom Lies In Educating People, Whereas the Secret of Tyranny Is In Keeping Them Ignorant
“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.” – Maximilien Robespierre
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Tagged Education, First Principles, Freedom, Ignorance, Maximilien Robespieere, People, Secret, Tyranny
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An Introduction To First Principles
There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” —George Washington (1795) In the affirmative: Though the founding principles of the United States were drawn from another era, these principles remain essential to … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan’s Blues
Bob Dylan’s Bluesby Michael DoyleBob Dylan’s tangle was a lot more than blueIts effect has had a multi-generational hueHis music, writing, and lyrical poetryHas etched its way into the best of historyMost of us take part in shallow walk-on rolesThere … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrival, Bell Tolls, Blessed, Blood On the Tracks, Blues, Bob Dylan, Chimes, Context, Destiny, Electrified, Etch, Folk Reborn, Folk Tradition, Freedom, Heard, History, Home, Lasting Impression, Left Alone, Lives, Lyrical Poetry, Mr. Tambourine Man, Multi-generational Hue, Music, Poetic Expression, Poetry and Poems, Respect, Shallow, Success, Survival, Tangle, Walk-On Role, Worn, Writing
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A Nation’s Passion Play
A Nation’s Passion Playby Michael DoyleFrom our earliest days, when we dwelt in caves,We have tried to understand what it is that savesOur rarest sentiments are served up like a delicacyThese are questionable as we define principled libertyIt is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Betrayed, Childish Illusions, Civilized Country, Complexity, Condemnation, Delicacy, Earliest Days, Empathy, Freedom, Great Escape, Hard, Hard Road, Nation, Passion Play, Poetry and Poem, Principled Liberty, Saves, Sentiment, Shame, Slavery, Sympathy, Understnd, Wisdom
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