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Tag Archives: Nations
Brilliant Pebbles and A Dome
Brilliant Pebbles and A Domeby Michael DoyleBrilliant pebbles laid outIs an efficient strategyAs it removes the layers of doubtResidual in our window of historyThere is a weave of known costAbout all that might be lostWere we to live by traditionWar … Continue reading
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Tagged Brilliant Pebbles, Cost, Dome, Doubt, Layers, Lost, Nations, Poetry and Poems, Strategy, Tradition, Ugly Business, War, Weave, Window of History
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In A Time of Flux
In A Time of Fluxby Michael DoyleTheory and practice belong togetherIf international relations are to be betterThese are pivotal times to seeFilled with dread and promise for you and meThose who talked of an end to historyWere blinded to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aggression, Alternative, Attacks, Balance, Brutality, Claws, Conflict, Conversation, Decide, Declarative, Democratic Nations, Discern, Divide, Dread and Promise, Dynamics, Elements, End To History, Existence, Failure, Full Change, Idealism, Integrity, International Relations, Multipolar, Narrative, National Sovereignty, Nations, Neighbors, Optimism, Order, Persistence, Perspective, Pivotal Times, Place, Poetry and Poems, Political Mystery, Power, Power Vacuum, Renegotiation, Rule of Law, Russia, Ruthless Regression, Sovereignty, Spheres of Interest, Stand Together, The United Nations, The World, Theory and Practice, Threaten, Time of Flux, Trace, Tyrants, Ukraine, Value Space, Velvet Gloves, Western Civilization, Western Ways, World War II, Yalta
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First Principles: War Is Not the Best Engine For Us To Resort To; Nature Has Given Us One In Our Commerce
“War is not the best engine for us to resort to; nature has given us one in our commerce, which if properly managed, will be a better instrument for obliging the interested nations of Europe to treat us with justice.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Best Engine, Commerce, First Principles, Instrument, Justice, Nations, Nature, Oblige, Properly Managed, Thomas Jefferson, War
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Asian American Is Not A Color
Asian American Is Not A Colorby Michael DoyleAll these phenotypes and social constructionsHave led to oppression and humanity’s destructionColors cannot be the references of relationshipWarped as it is under the God that we worshipImperfect groups are clustered in racial identityAnd … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian American, Atonal Racism, Blinking Hazard Lights, Busy Streets, China Town, Clustered, Colors, Destiny, Destruction, Divide, Double Parked Cars, Down, Fuss Enough, Gauntlet, God, Hallways, Hard To Own, Hate Others, Holler, Humanity, Imperfect Groups, Injustice, Journey, Lasting Peace, Nations, Not A Color, Oppression, Phenotypes, Poetry and Poems, Procrastination, Questions, Racial Fairness, Racial Identity, References, Relationship, Rules, Semi-Tragic Way, Shape, Skin Tone, Social Constructions, Stars, Struggle, War, Warped, Wonder, Worship
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First Principles: The Circumstances That Endanger the Safety of Nations Are Infinite
“The circumstances that endanger the safety of nations are infinite.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Circumstances, Endanger, First Principles, Infinite, Nations, Safety
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First Principles: There Is A Rank Due To the United States, Among Nations, Which Will Be Withheld, If Not Absolutely Lost, By the Reputation of Weakness
“There is a rank due to the United States, among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness.” – George Washington (1793)
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Tagged Due, First Principles, George Washington, Lost, Nations, Rank, Reputation, United States, Weakness, Withheld
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Before the Ever
Before the Everby Michael DoyleBefore the ever of neverThat thought itself cleverIs the cosmic perspectiveThat proclaimed itself reflectiveA messenger from the starsHigh above the skyscrapers and carsIt not to be too irreverentTo say that the world looks differentNow that we … Continue reading
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Tagged Before, Clever, Confusion, Cosmic Perspective, Different, Ever, Fascination, Former, Greater Truth, Human Beings, Illusion, Irreverent, Messenger, Nations, One Tribe, Paleolithic Isolation, Poetry and Poems, Quiet, Redefinition, Reflective, Seen, Skyscrapers
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First Principles: Only A Virtuous People Are Capable of Freedom. As Nations Become Corrupt and Vicious, They Have More Need of Masters
“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Capable, Corrupt, First Principles, Freedom, Masters, Nations, Need, Only, Vicious, Virtuous People
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