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First Principles: Justice Is the End of Government and Civil Society
“Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.” – James Madison, Federalist No. 51, … Continue reading
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Tagged Attain, Civil Society, End, Goal, Government, James Madison, Justice, Liberty, Lost
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First Principles: Patriotism Is As Much A Virtue As Justice
“Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.” – Benjamin Rush (1773)
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Tagged Benjamin Rush, Civic Duty, Family, First Principles, Justice, Natural Affection, Patriotism, Society, Virtue
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First Principles: Honor Forbids Us To Surrender Freedom
“Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding … Continue reading
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Tagged First Prinicples, Freedom, Honor, Humanity, Justice, No Surrender, Posterity, Thomas Jefferson
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Coda: A Eulogy For A King
Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated on April 4, 1968. In his honor and to memorialize in some small way his life and legacy: Coda: A Eulogy For A King by Michael Romani Born into a world of brutality In … Continue reading
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Tagged Brutality, Children of God, Coda, Dignity, Eulogy, Family, Forgiveness, Humility, Injustice, Justice, Living, Love, Martin Luther King Jr, Nonviolence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Redemption, United States
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First Principles: A Certain Amount of Resisting Government Should Be Kept Alive
“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.” – Thomas Jefferson (1787)
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Tagged Duty, First Principles, Government, Injustice, Justice, Resistance, Thomas Jefferson, Valuable
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First Principles: When War Becomes Necessary, Immediately Set Out the Terms of Peace
“To render the justice of the war on our part the more conspicuous, the reluctance to commence it was followed by the earliest and strongest manifestations of a disposition to arrest its progress. The sword was scarcely out of the … Continue reading
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Tagged James Madison, Just War, Justice, Peacemaker, Prevention, Reluctance, Terms of Peace, War of 1812
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First Principles: A Nation Should Promote the Minds and Morals of Its Children
“It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and … Continue reading
#MeToo
#MeToo by Michael Romani It sometimes seems That the broken dreams Belong to the wealthy And maybe that’s unhealthy As in causes like #MeToo These privileges won’t do Won’t do; shouldn’t do Mustn’t do; you agree… don’t you? #MeToo needs … Continue reading
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Tagged #MeToo, Broken Dreams, Choices, Family, Justice, Light, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Protection, Redemption, Sexual Treason, Silence, Society, Spoken, Truth, Voices
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Book of Job
A book in the Ketuvim or Writings section of the Tanakh, The Book of Job is the first poetic book of the Old Testament. In a mix of prose and poetry, it addresses the issue of theodicy by examining God’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Havard Classics, Job, Justice, Ketuvim, Old Testament, Perspective, Suffering, Tanakh, Tennyson, The Book of Job, Theodicy, Writings
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By Words Condemned
By Words Condemned by Michael Romani All these playground rhymes Chasing around in uneasy times Too many words are lies And there are no alibis I wish that I was wise But, instead I despise The life I examine now … Continue reading
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Tagged Centered, Condemnation, Courage, Emptiness, Encouragement, Flame, Justice, Kindness, New Year's Eve, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Sacred, Still, Tame, Tongue, Trust, Words
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