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First Principles: The Cause of America Is In A Great Measure the Cause of All Mankind
“The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.” – Thomas Paine, in Common Sense
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First Principles: Our Contest Is Not Only Whether We…Shall Be Free, But Whether There Shall Be Left To Mankind An Asylum On Earth For Civil and Religious Liberty
“Courage, then, my countrymen, our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.” – Samuel Adams, in Speech at the State … Continue reading
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Tagged Asylum, Civil and Religious Liberty, Contest, Countrymen, Courage, Earth, First Principles, Free, Left, Mankind, Ourselves, Samuel Adams
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First Principles: In A Public Life, A Man Whose Political Principles Have Any Decided Character and…Energy…To Give Them Effect Must Expect Political Hostility
“I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them effect must always expect to encounter political hostility from those of adverse principles.” – Thomas Jefferson … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Out of Every Crisis, Every Tribulation, Every Disaster, Mankind Rises With Some Share of Greater Knowledge, of Higher Decency and of Purer Purpose
“Out of every crisis, every tribulation, every disaster, mankind rises with some share of greater knowledge, of higher decency and of purer purpose.” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Tagged Crisis, Disaster, Franklin Delano, Greater Knowledge, Higher Decency, Mankind, Out of, Purer Purpose, Rises, Roosevelt, Share, Thought For the Day, Tribulation
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First Principles: We Base All Our Experiments On the Capacity of Mankind For Self-Government
“We base all our experiments on the capacity of mankind for self-government.” – James Madison
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Tagged Base, Capacity, Experiments, First Principles, James Madison, Mankind, Self Government, The Federalist Papers
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First Principles: In A Single Sentence of Self-Evident Truth, the Founding Fathers Put…the Broad Basis of Man’s Relationship To God, Government and To Mankind
“The Declaration of Independence is the all-time masterpiece of ideological simplification. There in a single sentence of self-evident truth, the founding Fathers put into clear, easily understandable focus, the broad basis of man’s relationship to God, to government, and to … Continue reading
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First Principles: We Base All Our Experiments On the Capacity of Mankind For Self-Government
“We base all our experiments on the capacity of mankind for self-government.” – James Madison
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Thought For the Day: Our Highest Accomplishments Still Have the Single Aim of Bringing Mankind Together
“Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures — in this century, as in others, our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author and aviator (29 … Continue reading
Choice To Be Made
What it really all comes down to, I think, anyhow… Choice To Be Made by Michael Doyle What this all comes down to For the likes of me and you Is if we’ll let our nation live in fear Or, … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Brutality, Choice, Christian Nation, Comes Down, Destiny, Determine, Dignity, Equal Justice, Equally Loved, Fear, Founded, God, God's Love, God's Side, Goodness, Hope, Hopelessness, Innocent Lives, Known, Legacy, Made, Mankind, Me and You, Mercy, Nation, Odd, Persevere, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poverty, Recall, Righteous Nation, Rule of Law, Shaken, Share, Shown, Side By Side, Taken, The Least, Together, Walk, Walk Together, Well Off
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The Good of the Middle
Complex isn’t it? Good in the bad; bad in the good. And we swear our allegiance to one or the other while seemingly never getting it completely right. The Good of the Middle by Michael Doyle Is man good Or, … Continue reading
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