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Hollow Words and Climbing Trees
Hollow Words and Climbing Treesby Michael DoyleHanging out on an oak limb Beneath the canopy’s shadow,The moves we made brought us safety.Empty words ring kind of hollow.Left on their own, kids flourish.It’s the way we allow them to nourishThe decision-making … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Bock Bottoms, Boundaries, Brilliant, Build, Canopy, Climbing Trees, Compassion, Darkness, Decision Making, Discern, Dream, Experience, Explore, Falling Down, Fashion, Firm Foundation, Flourish, Fluency, Free Life, Get Back Up, Hanging Out, Harshness, Hollow Words, Independence, Kids, Last, Learn, Life's Lessons, Meaningful Purpose, Move Forward, Moves, Nourish, Oak Limb, Past, Play, Poetry and Poems, Preferences, Resiliency, Resilient, Return, Rock, Safety, Scars, Shadow, Skin-Deep, Sooner Then Later, Souls, Stream, Survive, Tears, Tragic End, Weep
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First Principles: Without Justice Being Freely, Fully, and Impartially Administered, Neither Our Persons, Nor Our Rights, Nor Our Property Can Be Protected
“Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if these, or either of them, are regulated by no certain laws, and are subject to no certain principles, … Continue reading
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Tagged Administer, First Principles, Free, Impartial, Independence, Justice, Justice Joseph Story, Law, Mankind, Persons, Principles, Property, Protect, Redress, Regulate, Remedy, Rights, Savage, Society, Tenure, Value, Violate
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Love and Heartbreak (From the Lens of Gen Z)
Love and Heartbreak (From the Lens of Gen Z)by Michael DoyleIt’s not worth a second glanceThis pathos of modern romanceGen Z is alright to join the danceBut a steady love has blown its chanceRoll the bones and place the betNine … Continue reading
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Tagged Artifice, Bet, Bliss, Care, Chance, Codependence, Complicate, Dance, Dependent, Dysfunctional, Gen Z, Hate, History, Independence, Lense, Love, Love and Heartbreak, Modern Romance, Optimism, Pathos, Plato, Plot Theme, Poetry and Poems, Regret, Risky Business, Roll the Bones, Rolling Home, Rush-A-Day World, Sacrifice, Scare, Second Glance, Soulmates, Steady Love, Step, Symposium, Waste, Weep, Worth
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First Principles: To Preserve Their Independence, We Must Not Let Our Rulers Load Us With Perpetual Debt. We Must Make Our Election Between Economy and Liberty, Or Profusion and Servitude
“To preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.” – Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Samuel Kercheval (1816)
First Principles: We Must Not Let Our Rulers Load Us With Perpetual Debt
“I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom. And, to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” – Thomas Jefferson, Letter … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, Chidren, Common Man, Dependence, Encourage, Fear, First Principles, Fiscal Chains, Founders Online, Founding Fathers, Freedom, Generational Debt, History, Ill Effect, Independence, Irresponsible Debt, Load, Perpetual Debt, Politics, Preserve, Proposals To Revise the Virginia Constitution, Prosperity, Republic, Rulers, Samuel Kercheval, Stability, The Living, The People, The Rich, The World, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Be Americans. Let There Be No Sectionalism…You Are All Dependent On One Another and Should Be One In Union
“Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation. Be Americans, and be true to yourselves.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Citizens, Common Interests, Democratic Party, Dependent, Electorate Map for 2024, Factionalism, Farewell Address, FEMA, First Principles, Florida, Freedom, George Washington, History, Hyperbole, Independence, Liberty, Nation, News, One America, Partisan, Party Loyalty, Pettiness, Policy Differences, Politics, Resistance, Revenge, Second Term, Sectionalism, The American Presidency Project, True To Yourselves, Trump, Union, Unity, Unprincipled Persons, USA, Vigilance
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Citizens: Me and You
Citizens: Me and Youby Michael DoyleI. This nation was born under the authorityBlessed into birth by God’s wise dignityAs one filled with freedom and libertyGiven to us, not by government, but God’s divinityWe, this republic, are born by providenceThat all … Continue reading
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Tagged American Civilization, Authority, Belief and Obedience, Bible, Birth, Christianity, Citizens, Commandments, Conspicious, Daily Affairs, Duality, Faith, Faithfulness, Freedom and Liberty, God, God's Divinity, God's Hand, Godly Principles, Govern, Government, Gratitude, History, Independence, Inheritance, Interplay, Jesus, Liberties, Madison, Maintenance, Manifest, Mayflower Compact, Me and You, Nation, Oppressed, Patrick Henry, Philosophy, Poetry and Poems, Prayerful Hands, Promise, Providence, Representation, Republic, Reverence, Right Attitude, Samuel Adams, Scrripture, Sin, Sovereign, Spirituality, Station, The People, Under God, Washington
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First Principles: Let the American Youth Never Forget, That They Possess A Noble Inheritance, Bought By the Toils, and Sufferings and Blood of Their Ancestors
“Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and capacity, if wisely improved, and faithfully guarded, of transmitting to their latest posterity all the substantial … Continue reading
Happy and Blessed Independence Day 2023, America!!
Wishing each and all of my American friends a very happy and blessed Independence Day 2023!! Rather today was spent in reverent quietude or in joyous celebration, I hope each of you has spent a moment’s contemplation on the principles … Continue reading
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Tagged 2023, America, Blessed, Celebration, Contemplation, Freedom, Happy, Independence, Liberty, Principles, Reverence, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: America’s Glory Is Not Dominion, But Liberty
“[America’s] glory is not dominion, but liberty. Her march is the march of the mind. She has a spear and a shield: but the motto upon her shield is Freedom, Independence, Peace. This has been her declaration: this has been, … Continue reading
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Tagged America's Glory, Declaration, Dominion, First Principles, Freedom, Independence, John Quincy Adams, Liberty, March, Motto, Peace, Practice, The Mind
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