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First Principles: No Government Can Restrain Humanity Set Free By Morality and Religion
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion.” – John Adams (1798) .. But GQ thinks you should read smutty fiction instead…
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Tagged Contention, First Principles, Government, Human Passion, John Adams, Morality, Power, Religion, Republican, The Bible, Unbridled
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Authentic
It’s a daily sort of hectic struggle In the midst of this half mast jungle Trying to keep our world true and real In a place that devalues the think of our feel At the risk of sounding a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged Authentic, Daily, Daily Prompt, Eccentric, Feel, Half Mast, Hollywood, Integrity, Jungle, Morality, Struggle, Think, Wordpress
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First Principles: National Morality Cannot Prevail When Belief Is Excluded
“Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, Education, Farewll Address, First Principles, George Washington, Morality, Reason, Religion
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First Principles: An Objective Standard of Right and Wrong Morality Is Best Applied To the Affairs of Mankind
“If the people are capable of understanding, seeing and feeling the differences between true and false, right and wrong, virtue and vice, to what better principle can the friends of mankind apply than to the sense of this difference?” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Application, Comprehension, Constitution, First Principles, Government, John Adams, Mankind, Morality, Objective, Understanding
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First Principles: Democracy Degenerates Into Anarchy Without Subordination to Morality
“Democracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man’s life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchy, Degenerates, Democracy, First Principles, John Adams, Liberty, Life, Morality, Property, Reputation, Security, Subordination, Virtue
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First Principles: Faith Mitigates the Wickedness of Humanity
“If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it?” —Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Faith, First Principles, Man, Mitigation, Morality, Religion, Wickedness
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First Principles: Aim Toward Your Honest Duty In Governance
“It behooves you, therefore, to think and act for yourself and your people. The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors. The whole art of government … Continue reading
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Tagged Credit, Diligence, Discredit, Duty, First Principles, Governance, Government, Honesty, Honor, Morality, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Better to Give Up Everything Than Embrace Dishonor Or Immorality
“Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you … Continue reading
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Tagged Appearances, Fame, First Principles, Honor, Illusion, Immoral, Integrity, Money, Morality, Thomas Jefferson
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Arabian Nights – The Introduction
We have previously discussed the Arabian Nights in detail on several past posts. Today, one of the best tutorials out there marks this to be a day to revisit this material beginning with the introduction. If you wish further background, … Continue reading
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Tagged Fairy Tales, Harvard Classics, Legends, Morality, The Arabian Nights
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Viable
They tell me that no one gets out alive They say this as I shuck and I jive They say it earnestly and are reliable But, I have a plan and I think its viable I’m put my trust in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bond, Daily Prompt, Handshake, Immortality, Morality, Photograph, Reliable, Viable, Victory, Wordpress
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