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Thought For the Day: If Government Becomes A Lawbreaker, It Breeds Contempt For Law; It Invites Every Man To Become A Law Unto Himself

“Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill it teaches the whole people by example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become … Continue reading →

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A Hero’s Journey Begins, Part I

A Hero’s Journey Begins, Part Iby Michael DoyleEssentially, a hero is someone ordinaryWho is given the chance to be extraordinary.Through whatever set of events or circumstance,He or she has been given this dynamic chance.It’s about rising up to the opportunityAnd … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Have Never Advocated War Except As A Means of Peace, So Seek Peace, But Prepare For War. Because War …War Never Changes. War Is Like Winter and Winter Is Coming

“I have never advocated war except as means of peace, so seek peace, but prepare for war. Because war… War never changes. War is like winter and winter is coming.” – Ulysses S Grant

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Thought For the Day: Do All the Good You Can, By All the Means You Can, In All the Ways You Can, In All the Places You Can…As Long As You Can

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: I Give Thanks To My Creator For This Wonderful Life Where Each of Us Has the Opportunity To Learn Lessons We Could Not Fully Comprehend By Any Other Means

“I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means.” – Joseph B. Wirthlin

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First Principles: The Only Means of Establishing and Perpetuating Our Republican Forms of Government Is the Universal Education of Our Youth In the Principles of Christianity By Means of the Bible

“The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible.” – Benjamin Rush

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Thought For the Day: Grace Means Undeserved Kindness. It Is the Gift of God To Man the Moment He Sees He Is Unworthy of God’s Favor

“Grace means undeserved kindness. It is the gift of God to man the moment he sees he is unworthy of God’s favor.” – Dwight L. Moody

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First Principles: A Good Government Implies Two Things; First, Fidelity To the Objects of the Government; Secondly, A Knowledge of the Means, By Which Those Objects Can Be Best Attained

“A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained.” – Joseph Story (1833)

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On Turning 17

On Turning 17by Michael DoyleThe days crawl slowly on one by oneAnd your birthday is past and doneI am still thinking on what it meansThat my baby girl has turned seventeenWasn’t it only just yesterdayThat you entered this world’s wayLaying … Continue reading →

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Happy Mother’s Day 2024!

I wish all the mothers out there the happiest and holiest Mother’s Day! This is your day that God and this nation have set aside to honor all it means to be a mother. Thank you for making that choice! … Continue reading →

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