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Tag Archives: Politics
A Desecration
A Desecrationby Michael DoylePolitics take a backseat to the ConstitutionYet some do not like this resolutionBut that doesn’t make it a wrongIt’s the restoration of where law belongsThere is a value that matters to all of lifeWhere we save the … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Politics Is War Without Bloodshed While War Is Politics With Bloodshed
“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.” – Mao Tse-Tung (1893-1976)
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Tagged Bloodshed, Mao Tse-Tung, Politics, Thought For the Day, War, With, Without
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First Principles: I Never Considered A Difference of Opinion In Politics, In Religion, In Philosophy, As Cause For Withdrawing From A Friend
“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Tagged Cause, Consider, Difference, First Principles, Friend, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Thomas Jefferson, Withdraw
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Thought For the Day: Politics Is Fluid, Elections Are Multitudinous, and Voter Behavior Is Often Too Complicated and Subtle To Be Reduced To Group Identity
“Politics is fluid, elections are multitudinous, and voter behavior is often too complicated and subtle to be reduced to group identity. Ethnicity doesn’t determine elections — ideas do. And as Democrats have been realizing to their chagrin, the ideas embodied … Continue reading
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Tagged Chagrin, Complicated, Democrats, Determine Elections, Elections, Ethnicity, Fluid, Foreign Born, Ideas, Jeff Jacoby, Messaging, Multitudinous, Non-White, Politics, Powerful Appeal, Republican Campaign, Subtle, Thought For the Day, Voter Behavior, Voters
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Thought For Today: I Have Come To the Conclusion That Politics Is Too Serious A Matter To Be Left To the Politicians
“I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.” – Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970)
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Tagged Charles de Gaulle, Conclusion, Left, Matter, Politicians, Politics, Thought For the Day, Too Serious
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First Principles: In Politics, As In Religion, It is Equally Absurd To Aim At Making Proselytes By Fire and Sword. Heresies In Either Can Rarely Be Cured By Persecution
“In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Paper No. 1
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Tagged Aiim, Alexander Hamilton, Cure, Equally Absurd, Federalist Paper No. 1, Fire and Sword, First Principles, Heresies, Persecution, Politics, Proselytes, Rare, Religion
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First Principles: I Must Study Politics and War That My Children May Have Liberty To Study Math and Philosophy
“The Science of Government it is my Duty to study, more than all other Sciences: the Art of Legislation and Administration and Negotiation, out to take Place, indeed to exclude in a manner all other arts. I must study Politicks … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Administration, Art, Arts, Children, Duty, First Principles, Geography, I, John Adams, Legislation, Liberty, Mathematics, Natural History, Negotiation, Philosophy, Politics, Science of Government, Sciences, Study, War
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The Great Not So Great Society
American History continues through the Lyndon Baines Johnson presidency: The Great Not So Great Society by Michael Doyle LBJ entered his presidency aiming to be legendary Setting his sights on ending poverty through Great Society Johnson aimed to do this … Continue reading
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