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First Principles: Beware That Two Passions Strongly Influence Politics – Love of Power and Love of Money
“(T)here are two passions which have a powerful influence in the affairs of men. These are ambition and avarice—the love of power and the love of money. Separately, each of these has great force in prompting men to action; but, … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Ambition, Avarice, Benjamin Franklin, First Principles, Honor, Influence, Love of Money, Love of Power, Politics, Profit, Two Passion
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Thoughts On Arlington (Memorial Day 2019)
America has never been so seemingly divided since our Civil War. Thoughts On Arlington by Michael Romani With so many jokes out to rewrite history It really isn’t much of a mystery That our nation barely stands divided With too … Continue reading
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Tagged 1865, All, America, Appomattox, Arliington, Blood, Brother, Cemetery, Civil War, Divided, Eternal Flame, Fall, First Principles, Freedom, George Washington, God's Creation, Greatness, Heroes, Home, Honor, Lesson Learned, Memorial Day 2019, Nation, No Greater Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Revisionist History, Rite, Robert E Lee, Sister, Slaughter, Thought, Undivided, War, We The People, Wound
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Thought For the Day: Let Us On Memorial Day Renew Our Pledges To Aid and Assist The Widows and Orphans of Those Who Died For Our Country’s Honor and Freedom
“Let us then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of springtime. Let us raise above them the dear old flag they saved from dishonor. Let us, … Continue reading
Your Best You
If it’s going to be in your life, it’s up to you. That’s maybe trite, but, could not be truer. Your Best You by Michael Romani To be the best you Control your impulses Learn to do as must do … Continue reading
Happiest of Mother’s Days 2019!!
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you” (Exodus 20:12)
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Tagged 2019, Days, Exodus, Father, God, Happy Mother's Day, Honor, Land, Long, Lord, Mother
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Thought of the Day: We Laugh At Honor and Are Shocked To Find Traitors In our Midst
“We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” – C.S. Lewis
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, Castrate, Chest, Enterprrise, Fruitful, Function, Geldings, Honor, Organ, Thought For the Day, Traitor, Virtue
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Ruin and Salvation
Sometimes we find our strengths are our weaknesses and our weaknesses our strength. Who is to say which is which? Only in the blackest points of our lives do we ever really know. Ruin and Salvation by Michael Romani Out … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Honor Christmas With All Your Heart By Keeping It All Year
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” – Charles Dickens
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Tagged Charles Dickens, Christmas, Heart, Honor, Keep, Thought For the Day, Try, Year
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A Hero’s Legacy
Indelible character is a rarity. George H. Bush was just such a man of noble character. I didn’t always agree with him. Do know that he lost my vote once. But, never my belief that he is and was the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Decency, Dignity, Duty, Eulogy, George H Bush, Hero, Honor, Journey, Knight, Legacy, Life, Phototgraph, Poem, Poetry, President, Public Servant, Thousand Points of Light
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Thunder Road
Robert Mitchum wrote and starred in a movie way back in the 1950s that spoke to the ways of moonshiners and their dispute with the Revenue men. It touched on many topics that each could be made their own poems. … Continue reading
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Tagged Back Woods, Backs, Breeze, Code, Drive, Family, Honor, Living, Mile, Moon, Moonshine, Obstacle, Old, Persistence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Remnant, Robert Mitchum, Scrapple, Tale, Tax, Thunder Road, Trees, Unforgiving, Veteran, Whippoorwills, Wink
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