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First Principles: It Is By A Thorough Knowledge of the Whole Subject That People Are Enabled To Judge Correctly of the Past and To Give Proper Direction To the Future
“It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a proper direction to the future.” – James Monroe
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Tagged Correctly, First Principles, Future, James Monroe, Judge, Knowledge, Past, People, Proper Direction, Whole Subject
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Hollow Words and Climbing Trees
Hollow Words and Climbing Treesby Michael DoyleHanging out on an oak limb Beneath the canopy’s shadow,The moves we made brought us safety.Empty words ring kind of hollow.Left on their own, kids flourish.It’s the way we allow them to nourishThe decision-making … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Bock Bottoms, Boundaries, Brilliant, Build, Canopy, Climbing Trees, Compassion, Darkness, Decision Making, Discern, Dream, Experience, Explore, Falling Down, Fashion, Firm Foundation, Flourish, Fluency, Free Life, Get Back Up, Hanging Out, Harshness, Hollow Words, Independence, Kids, Last, Learn, Life's Lessons, Meaningful Purpose, Move Forward, Moves, Nourish, Oak Limb, Past, Play, Poetry and Poems, Preferences, Resiliency, Resilient, Return, Rock, Safety, Scars, Shadow, Skin-Deep, Sooner Then Later, Souls, Stream, Survive, Tears, Tragic End, Weep
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First Principles: Immigration Is Not Just A Link To America’s Past; It’s Also a Bridge To America’s Future
“Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans-liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal-the largest voluntary migrations in recorded history. Across the Pacific, across the Atlantic, they came from every point on the compass-many passing beneath the Statue … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Bridge, First Principles, Future, George H.W. Bush, Illegal Migration, Immigration, Legal Migration, Link, Past
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First Principles: Let Us Not Seek the Republican Answer Or the Democratic Answer, But the Right Answer
“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” – John F. Kennedy
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Tagged Answer, Blame, Democratic, First Principles, Future, John F. Kennedy, Past, Republican, Responsibility, Right Answer, Seek
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Believing in Blessings
Believing In Blessingsby Michael DoyleEncountering the profound,I praise the goodness I have found.Looking into God’s face,I find myself touched by His grace.I have nothing left to prove,Loving to watch God as He movesThe world with His ways.I’ve seen a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Blessings, Father, Found, God, God's Face, Goodness, Grace, Jesus, Last, Love, Loving Life, Move, Nation, Passing Days, Past, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Profound, Prove, Salvation, The Son, Touch, Touched, Trace, World
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Thought For the Day: There Is No Saint Without A Past, No Sinner Without A Future
“There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.” – Saint Augustine
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Tagged Future, Past, Saint, Saint Augustine, Sinner, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: One Cannot and Must Not Try To Erase the Past Merely Because It Does Not Fit the Present
“One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.” – Golda Meir
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Tagged Cannot, Erase, Fit, Golda Meir, Merely, Past, Present, Thought For the Day
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In the Whisper of Time’s Sands
In the Whisper of Time’s Sandsby Michael DoyleWe can’t get a lock on the futureWithout knowing our pastWe can’t know what to nurtureIf we don’t know what was once castThe good hunter seeks to rise to the heightAs he sips … Continue reading
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Tagged Cacophony, Cast, Choices, Darkness, Falsity, First, Fool, Future, Good Hunter, Height, Knows All, Light, Lock, Nurture, Obstacles, One's Own Man, Open Mind, Past, Poetry and Poems, Recall, Right, Sight, Thirst, Time's Sands, Voices, Water of Life, Whisper, World
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 
History Dignifies the Presidents
History Dignifies the Presidentsby Michael DoyleOn this Presidents Day, a few comments are deservedAs we look back on nation as it is preservedTrue to the faith of our republic’s sovereignty Is the struggle to keep our nation’s dignityOur story is … Continue reading →