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First Principles: Guard With Jealous Attention the Public Liberty. Suspect Every One Who Approaches That Jewel
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.” -Patrick Henry (1788)
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The Original Wild Child
The Original Wild Childby Michael DoyleOver pizza. we swung from vine to vineThese laughing daughters making the timeTo watch a remake of Tarzan this Saturday nightEach smile a moonbeam of their father’s delightWe talk as we watch Africa’s original feral … Continue reading
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First Principles: Guard With Jealous Attention the Public Liberty
“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 (1788)
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First Principles: Man, Once Surrendering His Reason, Has No Remaining Guard Against Absurdities…and Like A Ship Without Rudder, Is the Sport of Every Wind
“Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind.” – Thomas Jefferson (1822) Doesn’t this sound like the response to Covid in all … Continue reading
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First Principles: Discretion Will Protect You, and Understanding Will Guard You. Wisdom Will Save you From the Ways of Wicked Men
“11Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you. from men whose words are perverse” 12Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men” – Proverbs 2:11-12
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First Principles: He That Would Make His Own Liberty Secure, Must Guard Even His Enemy From Oppression, For If He Violates, This Duty, He Establishes A Precedent
“He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.” – Thomas Paine, Dissertation On First Principles of Government (1791)
First Principles: Guard With Jealous Attention the Public Liberty. Suspect Every One Who Approaches That Jewel
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.” – Patrick Henry (1788)
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A Poem for Patriots Day 2023
A Poem For Patriots Day 2023by Michael DoyleIn the heart of every patriot rests a songIn our love of country, under God, as we belongThe foundations are strong and pillars are highAs long as Old Glory ripples across the skyOther … Continue reading
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First Principles: He That Would Have His Own Liberty Secure, Must Guard Even His Enemy From Oppression; For If He Violates This Duty, He Establishes A Precedent
“He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.” – Thomas Paine (1791)
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First Principles: Guard With Jealous Attention the Public Liberty. Suspect Everyone Who Approaches That Jewel
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.” — Patrick Henry (1788)
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