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First Principles: Wisdom, and Good Examples Are Necessary At This Time To Rescue the Political Machine From the Impending Storm
“Wisdom, and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.” – George Washington, Letter to James Madison (November 5, 1786)
First Principles: It Is Necessary For Every American, With Becoming Energy To Endeavor To Stop the Dissemination of Principles Evidently Destructive of the Cause For Which They Have Bled
“It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled.” – Mercy Warren (1805)
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Thought For the Day: If I Knew of Something That Could Serve My Nation But Would Ruin Another, I Would Not Propose It To My Prince, For I Am First A Man
“If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman … because I am necessarily a man, … Continue reading
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Tagged Accident, Frenchman, Knew, Man, Montesquieu, Nation, Necessary, Prince, Propose, Ruin, Serve, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: The Line Dividing Good and Evil Cuts Through the Heart of Every Human Being
If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Every Reform, However Necessary, Will By Weak Minds Be Carried To An Excess, That Itself Will Need Reforming
“Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
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Thought For the Day: Everyone Discusses My Art and Pretends To Understand, As If It Were Necessary To Understand, When It Is Simply Necessary To Love
“Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.” -Claude Monet, painter (1840-1926)
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Tagged Art, Claude Monet, Discuss, Everyone, Love, Necessary, Pretend, Thought For the Day, Understand
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First Principles: If Angels Were To Govern Men, Neither External Nor Internal Controls On Government Would Be Necessary
“If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary…. [But lacking these] you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Angels, Controls, External, First Principles, Govern, Government, Internal, James Madison, Men, Necessary
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Before the Darkness
Before the Darknessby Michael DoyleBefore the darknessThere was lightAnd with that divisionBecame the nightLegends have it As legends willThat the evil oneIs necessary to the taleBleak is the seasonIn which we search for answersIt is the soul’s own treasonWhen fear … Continue reading
First Principles: It Is Necessary For Every American, With Becoming Energy To Endeavor To Stop the Dissemination of Principles Evidently Destructive of the Cause For Which They Have Bled
“It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people … Continue reading
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Tagged Appear, Cause, Civil and Religious Rights, Endeavor, Energy, Every American, First Principles, Form, Government, Mercy Warren, Mode, Necessary, Prinicples, Ruler, The People, Tyranny, Virtue
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Life Out of Balance
Life Out of Balanceby Michael DoyleThe specter of death springs forth with its talonsAs we seek to live lives far too far out balanceCertain as we can be with any semblance of certitudeThat we are striving to have just the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Bended Knee, Bluff, Certitude, Contrary, Death, Familiar, Hands, Life, Living Years, Love of God, Necessary, Need, Out of Balance, Poetry and Poems, Rearrange, Recharge, Right Attitude, Rush, Seed, Talons, Tears, Thrive, Zenith
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