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First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit and Intelligence of Their Citizens
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, … Continue reading
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Tagged Betray, Create, Fall, First Principles, Flatter, Honest, Intelligence, Joseph Story, Profligate, Public Spirit, Republics, Reward, The People, Virtue, Wise
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First Principles: The Art of Good Government Consists of Honestly Doing One’s Duties
“It behooves you, therefore, to think and act for yourself and your people. The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors. The whole art of government … Continue reading
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Tagged Art of Government, Consist, Credit, Duty, First Principles, Honest, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Wisdom Is Out There To Be Thought On and Made Our Own
“All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
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Tagged Honest, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Ours, Personal Experience, Root, Think, Thought, Thought For the Day, Wise
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First Principles: Honest Persons Feel No Pleasure Over Controlling Fellow Citizens
“An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.” – Thomas Jefferson (1813)
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Tagged Displeasure, Exercise of Power, Fellow Citizens, First Principles, Honest, Persons, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: The Whole Art of Government Consists of Being Honest and Doing Your Duty
“It behooves you, therefore, to think and act for yourself and your people. The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors. The whole art of government … Continue reading
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Tagged Act, Art of Government, Credit, Duty, First Principles, Honest, Humanity, Learn, Read, Right, Think, Wrong
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First Principles: May Only the Honest and Wise Ever Be President
“May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.” – John Adams, 2nd US President, and the first one to live in the White House (30 Oct 1735-1826) Now, there’s a prayer for the ages if ever … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessing, First Principles, Heaven, Honest, Invocation, John Adams, Prayer, White House, Wise
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Short Poetry Workshop – Crystalline – Crystalline Hope (Small Town Life)
Indiana is filled with small towns and with these people of the earth who remind us of what it means to be neighbors and community. Crystalline Hope (Small Town Life) by Michael Romani Down the way on a country highway … Continue reading
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Tagged Brick, Byway, Carousel, Community, Corn, Country, Crystalline, Family, God, Honest, Hope, Life, Photograph, Short Poetry, Silos, Small Town, Town Square, Workshop
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First Principles: There Is A Direct Correlation Between Doing Good and Receiving Good
“[T]here exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Advantage, Duty, Economy, Felicity, First Principles, George Washington, Happiness, Honest, Maxim, Nature, Policy, Prosperity, Public, Reward, Union, Virtue
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Beckoned By Her Fire
This poem transpired based on multiple pieces of conversations overheard or spoken to me that a friend then challenged me to turn into a poem: Beckoned By Her Fire by Michael Romani Her voice beckoned to me Like that moth … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: The Founders of the United States Believed Our Leaders Would Always Be Honest and Honorable
“The drafters of the Constitution had made on simple but far reaching error. They’d assumed the people selected by the People to manage the nation would be as honest and honorable as they’d been. One could almost hear the “Oops!” … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitution, Error, Founding Fathers, Governance, Honest, Honor, The People, Thought For the Day, Tom Clancy
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 