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First Principles: Liberty, Once Lost, Is Lost Forever

Posted on April 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.” – John Adams

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First Principles: A Primary Object Should Be the Education of Our Youth In the Science of Government

Posted on April 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing… than … communicating it to those who are to … Continue reading →

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Sustaining Liberty

Posted on April 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In this election year and in the midst of the pandemic, it makes at least me want to review those things that America is supposed to stand for as our moral compass. Sustaining Liberty by Michael Doyle Inherent as sisters … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Liberty Enjoyed By the People of Worshipping God To Their Conscience Is Among the Choices of Their Blessings

Posted on April 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The liberty enjoyed by the people of these states of worshiping Almighty God agreeably to their conscience, is not only among the choicest of their blessings, but also of their rights.” – George Washington

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First Principles: However Weak Our Country May Be, I Hope We Shall Never Sacrifice Our Liberties

Posted on April 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“However weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties. .” – Alexander Hamilton

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Turbo Charged

Posted on April 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

American History continues through the Kennedy presidency. Turbo Charged by Michael Doyle Nixon versus Kennedy; election 1960 Workhorse versus glamor; it hits me That the sleek athleticism of the New Frontier Was as distinctive as this election year The torch … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1960, Affirmation, All Men Are Created Equal, American, American History, Assassination, Athlete, Bigotry, Calculation, Camelot, Charge, Chin, Christian, Civil Rights, Creed, Criticism, Cuban Missile Crisis, Dead, Death, Discipline, Duty, Election, Era, Essence, Expert, Fight, Flair, Founding Principles, Full Stop, Generation, Glamor, Hard Peace, Human Rights, John F Kennedy, Keynesian, Lead, Lee Harvey Oswald, Liberty, Lunar Landing, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr, Mean, Mellon, Message, Midnight, Missiles, Nation, Negotiate, New Frontier, Noble, Nuclear, Optimism, Paradox, Participation, Past, Peaceful Resistance, Persistence, Phototgraph, Piety, Poem, Poetry, Policy, Posterity, Presidency, Pressure, Price, Prosperity, Richad M Nixon, Sad, Segregation, Sobering Effect, Social Change, Soviets, Taxaation, Thought, Torch, Trouble Spots, Turbo, Two Minutes, Unity, USSR, Veneration, Workhorse, World | Leave a comment

The Turbulence Begins

Posted on April 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

American history continues: The Turbulence Begins by Michael Doyle As the post-war alliance fell apart, the United Nations started The start of Cold War began and sustained as peace departed Confrontations began and nuclear weapons were on both sides’ hands … Continue reading →

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First Principles: No People Will Tamely Surrender Their Liberties…When Knowledge Is Diffused and Virtue Preserved

Posted on April 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Since private and publick Vices, are in Reality, though not always apparently, so nearly connected, of how much Importance, how necessary is it, that the utmost Pains be taken by the Publick, to have the Principles of Virtue early inculcated … Continue reading →

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On Becoming A World Power

Posted on April 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

American history continues as the United States advanced post Civil War into the early 1900s, our strength grew and with it wisely or unwisely we expanded our foreign policy out into the world with all its challenges good and bad. … Continue reading →

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A House Divided

Posted on March 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The worse war America has ever fought was the war against ourselves, the American Civil War. A House Divided by Michael Doyle Lincoln’s inaugural was an attempt at reconciliation The mystic chords of memory were bonds of affection The siege … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Liberty, Once Lost, Is Lost Forever

First Principles: A Primary Object Should Be the Education of Our Youth In the Science of Government

First Principles: The Liberty Enjoyed By the People of Worshipping God To Their Conscience Is Among the Choices of Their Blessings

First Principles: However Weak Our Country May Be, I Hope We Shall Never Sacrifice Our Liberties

The Turbulence Begins

First Principles: No People Will Tamely Surrender Their Liberties…When Knowledge Is Diffused and Virtue Preserved

A House Divided

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