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Thought For the Day: The Liberty of Man To Search For Truth Ought Not To Be Fettered, No Matter What Orthodoxies He May Challenge
“The history of civilization is in considerable measure the displacement of error which once held sway as official truth by beliefs which in turn have yielded to other truths. Therefore the liberty of man to search for truth ought not … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, Challenge, Civilization, Error, Felix Frankfurter, Fettered, History, Liberty, Mankind, Measure, Official Truth, Orthodoxies, Other Truths, Search, Thought For the Day, Truth, Yield
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Points Taken From the Best Mimes
Points Taken From the Best Mimesby Michael DoyleWe felt so clever copying the rhymesUnspoken from the silence of the mimesWho knew how much could be and was saidWithout a single word escaping the headThis is the way of the very … Continue reading
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Tagged Copy, Found, History, Humanity, Legends, Mimes, Mystery, Obscene, Pages, Poetry and Poems, Points, Questions, Rhymes, Riddle, Said, Scribble, Silence, Single Word, Vivid Colors, Yesterdays
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Thought For the Day: America Is the Only Successful Multiracial Constitutional Republic In History
“Pause to reflect that America is the only successful multiracial constitutional republic in history. To survive in an increasingly dysfunctional and hostile world abroad, the unique idea of the United States requires concord. But national cohesion is only possible through … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Benjamin Franklin, Common Culture, Concord, Constitutional, Dysfunctional and Hostile, Hang Together, History, Multiracial, National Cohesion, Reflect, Republic, Separate, Survive, Thought For the Day, Tribal Interests, Victor Davis Hanson
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Cobblestoned Memories
Cobblestoned Memoriesby Michael DoyleCobbled together in our memoriesAre the pictures of our communitiesThe pages drying out as historiesWe will one day look on as our legaciesTalking in our circled tomorrowsFinding drops of happiness in our sorrowLearning from each other to … Continue reading
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Tagged Apology, Cobblestone, Community, Days, Exploration, Friend, History, Learn, Legacy, Light, Mean, Memories, Mirror, Pictures, Poetry and Poems, Right, Slate, Sorrow, Splash Screen, Tomrrow, Ways
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First Principles: I Like the Dreams of the Future Better Than the History of the Past
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Tagged Better, Dreams, First Principles, Future, History, Past, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: History and Experience Prove That Foreign Influence Is One of the Most Baneful Foes of Republican Government
“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful … Continue reading
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Tagged Awake, Belive, Citizens, Experience, First Principles, Foes, Foreign Influence, Free People, George Washington, History, Jealousy, Republican Government, Wiles
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My Business Is the Future
My Business Is the Futureby Michael DoyleLike other dreamersMy concern isn’t the presentThat’s for erratic schemersAnd others that we grow to resentMy business is the futureNot as an oracle but as one who createsLooking for the right things to nurtureEngaged … Continue reading
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Tagged Author, Bed of Thugs, Business, Chaotic Themes, Concern, Create, Dreamers, Dsicern, Fascinates, Field, Future, History, Humanity, Loop, Lunacy, Nurture, Oracle, Pages, Peel, Poetry and Poems, Resnet, Sages, Schemers, Screenplay, Script, Shallows, Slice, Vice, Wade
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First Principles: History By Apprising Citizens of the Past Will Enable Them To Judge of the Future; It Will Avail Them of the Experience of Other Times and Other Nations
“History by apprising [citizens] of the past will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations; it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of … Continue reading
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Tagged Actions and Designs, Ambition, Apprise, Citizens, Disguise, Experience, First Principles, Future, History, Judge, Other Nations, Other Tiimes, Past, Thomas Jefferson, Views
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End Game
End Gameby Michael DoyleAt the base of our societyIs none other than the familyWhere better to build a ministryTo make the changes needed for historyIt’s a struggle in drifting apartWe need to focus on matters of the heartThe stages of … Continue reading
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Tagged Awesome, End Game, Explanation, Family, Flaw, Heart, History, Known, Ministry, Oberstation, Plan, Poetry and Poems, Progression, Shown, Society, Sorrow, Struggle, Tomorrow
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Thought For the Day: This Idea – That Government Was Beholden To the People…Is Still the Newest, Most Unique Idea In All The Long History of Man’s Relation To Man
“The Founding Fathers knew a government can’t control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. So we have come to a … Continue reading
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Tagged Beholden, Government, History, Idea, Mankiind, Newest, Relation, Ronald Reagan, The People, Thought For the Day, Unique
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