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Elephants Mourn Their Dead (Happy the Elephant)
Elephants Mourn Their Dead (Happy the Elephant)by Michael DoyleNo freedom, no libertyNo right to fundamental dignityHappy the Elephant pays the costAnd the decision it seems is lostThere will be no sanctuaryPersonhood has been denied capacityRegardless of intelligence, elephants are thingsSubstantially … Continue reading
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First Principles: Liberty Must At All Hazards Be Supported. We Have A Right To It, Derived From Our Maker
“Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their … Continue reading
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Tagged All Hazards, Blood, Bought, Derived, Ease, Estates, Expense, First Principles, John Adams, Liberty, Maker, Our Fathers, Pleasure, Right, Suppoort
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Thought For the Day: The History of Liberty Has Largely Been the History of Procedural Safeguards
“The history of liberty has largely been the history of procedural safeguards.” – Justice FrankFurter1
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Tagged History, Justice Frankfurter, Largely, Liberty, Procedural Safeguards, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Justice Is the End of Government. It Is the End of 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
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Tagged Civil Society, End, First Principles, Government, James Madison, Justice, Liberty, Lost, Obtain, Pursue, Pursuit
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First Principles: Human Nature Itself Is Evermore An Advocate For Liberty
“Human nature itself is evermore an advocate for liberty. There is also in human nature a resentment of injury, and indignation against wrong. A love of truth and a veneration of virtue. These amiable passions, are the ‘latent spark’… If … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocate, Differences, First Principles, Friends of Mankind, Human Nature, John Adams, Latent Spark, Liberty, Love of Truth, Novanglus, Principle, Virtue
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First Principles: Liberty Is A Word Which, According As It Is Used, Comprehends The Most Good and the Most Evil of Any In the World. Justly Understood It Is Sacred
“Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world. Justly understood it is sacred next to those which we appropriate in divine adoration; but in the … Continue reading
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Tagged A Landholder, Appropriate, Choice, Comprehend, Confusion, Divine Adoration, Evil, First Principles, Jealousy, Liberty, Mean, Necessary Government, Oliver Ellsworth, Power, Promote Good, Rulers, Sacred, Society, Understood
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First Principles: To Preserve Liberty, It Is Essential That the Whole Body of the People Always Possess Arms, and Be Taught Alike, Especially When Young, How To Use Them
“To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.” – Federal Farmer (1787)
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Tagged Essential, Federal Farmer, First Principles, Liberty, Possess Arms, Preserve, Richard Henry Lee, Taught, The People, Use, Whole Body, Young
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First Principles: Liberty Must At All Hazards Be Supported
“Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood, Bought, Derived, Earn, Ease, Estates, Expense, Fathers, First Principles, Hazards, John Adams, Liberty, Maker, Pleasure, Right, Support
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Thought For the Day: The Loss of Liberty In General Would Soon Follow the Suppression of the Liberty of the Press
“The loss of liberty in general would soon follow the suppression of the liberty of the press; for it is an essential branch of liberty, so perhaps it is the best preservative of the whole.” – John Peter Zenger (1697-1746)
First Principles: For My Part, Whatever Anguish of Spirit It Might Cost, I Am Willing To Know the Whole Truth; To Know the Worst, and To Provide For It
“It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth – and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this … Continue reading
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Tagged Anguish of Spirt, First Principles, Hope, Illusions, Know, Liberty, Mankind, Natural, Pain, Patrick Henry, Provide, Struggle, Temporal Salvation, Whole Truth, Willing
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