Tag Archives: Freedom

First Principles: If Virtue and Knowledge Are Diffused Among the People, They Will Never Be Enslav’d. This Will Be Their Great Security

Posted on November 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“If Virtue & Knowledge are diffused among the People, they will never be enslav’d. This will be their great Security.” – Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, February 12, 1779 This quote is from Samuel Adams’s letter to James Warren … Continue reading →

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Affirmation

Posted on October 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Affirmationby Michael DoyleThere’s a sound of freedomThat celebrates the kingdomThere is one thing understoodOur God is faithful and goodAll the good that is done In the name of the SonEvery answered prayer is an affirmationA shout of joy giving confirmationIn … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affirmation, Answered Prayer, Broken Soul, Capable, Confirmation, Control, Faith, Free, Freedom, God, Gratitude, Heal, Heart, Heaven, Hell, Hold, King, Kingdom, Life, Lonely Road, Not Alone, Poetry and Poems, Right Attitude, Sing, Son, The Lord, Understood | Leave a comment

First Principles: Freedom Can Exist Only in the Society of Knowledge. Without Learning, Men Are Incapable of Knowing Their Rights

Posted on October 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.” – Benjamin Rush

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First Principles: If Freedom of Speech Is Taken Away, then Dumb and Silent We May Be Led, Like Sheep To the Slaughter

Posted on September 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” – George Washington

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Madison On Government

Posted on August 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Madison On Governmentby Michael DoyleTroubled times seem to be surroundingWith more demons than angels aboundingMadison found this reason for governmentI don’t see any real further improvementThe truth remains that government is powerWith tiny tyrants clutching at their hourBig words do … Continue reading →

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Like A Child

Posted on August 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Like A Childby Michael DoyleUnafraid like a childFeeling the spirit of the wildI serve our Father’s kingdomIn the name of love and freedomPraising Jesus’s sweet nameThe spirit of the Lord is the sameThat brings our Father’s loveBelieved from below; proclaimed … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Believe, Below, Bring, Child, Darkest Night, Darkness, Day, Days, Delivered, Deserve, End, Father, Father's Kingdom, Feel, Free, Freedom, Grave, Jesus, Light, Live, Lord, Love, Name, Night, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Remove, Same, Save, Serve, Sing, Son, Spirit, Spirt, The Living King, Unafraid, Wild | Leave a comment

First Principles: If Freedom of Speech Is Taken Away, Then Dumb and Silent We May Be Led, Like Sheep To the Slaughter

Posted on July 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” – George Washington

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Shape Shifting Ideologies

Posted on July 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Shape Shifting Ideologiesby Michael DoyleIn this age of putrid and flaccid philosophy We have turned our faith away from mankindSome feel AI is a better path than ideologiesIn which undefined concepts are a forced bindWe bid the surface farewell and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Age, AI, AI's Capability, Answers, Asunder, Aware, Better Path, Beware, Binary, Blunder, Burden, Button, Children, Complexity, Conception, Cosmic Hijinks, Decision, Dream, Emperor's New Clothes, Faith, Farewell, Fever Pitch, Forced Bind, Forgotten, Formation, Freedom, Glory, Hail, Humanity, Ideology, Impartial Information, Itch, Kingdom, Know, Launch Date, Life's Serendipity, Mankind, Matter, Miracles, Need, Nerds and Geeks, Ones and Zero, Perfection, Philosophy, Poetry and Poems, Power, Read, Real, Reject, Satisfied, Scratch, Shadows, Shape Shifting, Shatter, Simplest Machine, Simplicity, Source, Surface, System, The End, Thinking, Told, Tossed, Trust, Undefined Concepts, Vaporware, Wall, Yet To Come | Leave a comment

First Principles: Freedom Is Never More Than One Generation Away From Extinction

Posted on July 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will … Continue reading →

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Owed To America 2024

Posted on July 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Owed To America 2024by Michael DoyleMy daughters ask me why is it you cryI think back on history and will not lieToo many brave souls have fought and diedFor us not to have mourned and criedThere was a time when … Continue reading →

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