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First Principles: When All Government Is Drawn To Washington, We Will Be Rendered Powerless To Check Oppression

Posted on April 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“When all government, domestic and foreign, in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another, and will become as venal … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Greater the Level of Calmness of Our Mind, the Greater Our Peace of Mind, the Greater Our Ability To Enjoy A Happy and Joyful Life

Posted on March 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life.” – Dalai Lama

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Love Suffers Long

Posted on March 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1 Corinthians 13:4-5: Love Suffers Long by Michael Doyle The greatest thing is the truest love Not superficial love but the real love That love which God gives to us all The kind of love needed … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: We Are Too Great A Nation To Limit Ourselves To Small Dreams

Posted on February 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“We are too great a nation to limit ourselves to small dreams. We are not, as some would have us believe, doomed to an inevitable decline. I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Little Matter Will Move A Party, But, It Must Be Something Great That Moves A Nation

Posted on February 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“A little matter will move a party, but it must be something great that moves a nation.” – Thomas Paine (1792)

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First Principles: There Is No Greater Mistake Than Doing Nothing Because Only Little Could Be Done

Posted on January 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” – Edmund Burke, statesman and writer (12 Jan 1729-1797)

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Grateful For A Quest Completed

Posted on November 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A poem of gratitude #25: Grateful For A Quest Completed by Michael Romani Life has at best One most important quest It begins at the start By the opening of one’s heart There in a box filled With the best … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Courage and Honor Are The Greatest Qualities of the Mind

Posted on October 31, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” – Aristotle

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Thought For the Day: The Most Certain Way To Succeed Is Always To Try Just One More Time

Posted on October 3, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas A. Edison

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In Defense of Human Reason

Posted on September 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Too many people have forgotten the processes of empirical observation and its accompanying reasoning as the basis for real science. This insistence of substituting in dogma and speculation in the name of a hijacked science and failure to adhere to … Continue reading →

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