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First Principles: Among the Natural Rights (of the People) Are There: First, A Right To Life, Secondly, To Liberty; Thirdly to Property
“Among the natural rights [of the people] are these: first, a right to life; secondly, to liberty; thirdly to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can.” – Samuel Adams (1772)
First Principles: We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident,…Endowed By Their Creator With Certain Unalienable Rights, That Among These Are LIFE
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” – The Declaration of Independence … Continue reading
The Rights of Even the Wrong
The Rights of Even the Wrongby Michael DoyleIt doesn’t matter if right or wrongAll ideas politely put do belongIn the public market for all to hearThis is the way of liberty and not of fearSpeak up for the sake of … Continue reading
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Tagged All Ideas, All Words, Allow, Anyway, Belong, Death of Our Nation, Details, Everyone, Favor, Fear, Hear, Hint, Liberty, Matter, Poetry and Poems, Polite, Public Market, Right or Wrong, Rights, Sake, Say, Speak Up, Suppression, Tale, Tell, True Diversity, Truth, Uncivil Perversity, Wrong
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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 Adams, Liberty, Mankind, March, Mind, Peace, Practice, Shield, Spear
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Fold
Foldby Michael DoyleThe gambler’s cards foldedAs variables at last decodedIn this digital age, it’s the human mindThat must last be decoded or left behindIn mankind’s bid at immortalityDespite the babbled towers of immoralityIn the worst of infernal questsTo put living … Continue reading
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Tagged Afraid, Card, Decoded, Digital Age, Discern, Disguise, Fold, Free, Free Will, Freedom, Gambler, Glory, Heir, Human Mind, Illusions The Adventures of A Reluctant Messiah, Immorality, Immortality, Lack, Left Behind, Lend, Lesson, Liberty, Life, Living Forever, Mankiind, Misery, Mistake, Narrow Eyes, Old, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Quest, Recognize, Story, Suffering, Surmise, Survive, Test, Told, Towers, Transcendence, True Promises, Truth, Twinkle, Variables, Virtuosity, Will, Yore
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Thought For the Day: By Liberty, I Mean the Assurance That Every Man Shall Be Protected In Doing What He Believes His Duty Against the Influence of Authority and Majorities, Custom, and Opinion
“By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.” – Lord Acton (1834-1902)
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Tagged Assurance, Authority, Custom, Doing What He Believes, Duty, Every Man, Influence, Liberty, Lord Acton, Majorities, Opinion, Protected, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Happily For Mankind, Liberty Is Not…Confined To Any Single Point of Time, But Lies Within Extremes, Which Afford Sufficient Latitude For all the Variations
“Happily for mankind, liberty is not, in this respect, confined to any single point of time, but lies within extremes, which afford sufficient latitude for all the variations which may be required by the various situations and circumstances of civil … Continue reading
First Principles: The Only Foundation For A Useful Education In A Republic Is To Be Laid In Religion. Without This There Can Be No Virtue
“[T]he only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Rush, First Principles, Foundation, Liberty, Life, Object, Religion, Republic, Republican Governments, Useful Education, Virtue
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First Principles: In the Supposed State of Nature, All Men Are Equally Bound By the Laws of Nature, Or To Speak More Properly, the Laws of the Creator
“In the supposed state of nature, all men are equally bound by the laws of nature, or to speak more properly, the laws of the Creator.” – Samuel Adams
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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 the 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 →