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First Principles: No Government, Any More Than An Individual, Will Long Be Respected Without Being Truly Respectable
“No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable, without possessing a certain portion of order and stability.” – James Madison (1788)
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First Principles: Whatever Is My Right As A Man Is Also the Right of Another; and It Becomes My Duty To Guarantee As Well As To Possess
“Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well as to possess.” – Thomas Paine
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First Principles: No Government, Any More Than An Individual, Will Long Be Respected Without Being Truly Respectable; Nor Be Truly Respectable, Without Possessing A Certain Portion of Order and Stability
“No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable, without possessing a certain portion of order and stability.” – Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, Federalist No. 62, 1788
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First Principles: To Preserve Liberty, It Is Essential That the Whole Body of the People Always Possess Arms, and Be Taught Alike, Especially When Young, How To Use Them
“To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.” – Federal Farmer (1787)
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First Principles: I Hope I Shall Possess Firmness and Virtue Enough To Maintain What I Consider the Most Enviable of All Titles, the Character of An Honest Man
“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.” ― George Washington
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First Principles: The Aim of Every Political Constitution Is, Or Ought To Be, First To Obtain For Rulers Men Who Possess Most Wisdom To Discern and Most Virtue To Pursue the Common Good of the Society
“The aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society; and in the next place, to … Continue reading
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Getting To the Photographer’s Prize
Getting To the Photographer’s Prizeby Michael DoyleIf you don’t want to be left in the lurchIt is always best to start with researchTrying to find the photo with something to sayCannot best be left to an improvised dayThere is not … Continue reading
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Tagged Abdundantly, Access, All of the Best, Best, Best Direction, Best Ways, Blessing, Ca;pture, Capacity, Clear, Dazzle, Deer In the Headlights, Details, Dream, Email, Embrace, Equal, Eyes, Face, Find, Focus, Forget, Function of Time, Gam, Getting To the Great, Guest, Homework, Improvised, Intimation, Intrigue, Keys, Left, Lurch, Magic, Making Connection, Mental Aggravation, Might Known, Nonverbal Communication, Observer, Others, Photo, Photographer, Phototgraph, Places, Poem, Poetry, Possess, Presentation, Prize, Proverbial Smile, Research, Right Opportunity, Say, Secret, Share, Shoot, Shooting Beyond the Obvious, Show, Simple, Start, Sublime, Surprise, Unique, Visually Loaded, Web, What Isn't There, What To Say, Worthy, You Should Have Been Here Yesterday, Your Best
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Thought For the Day: Unlimited Power Is Apt To Corrupt the Minds of Those Who Possess It
“Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.” – William Pitt Sr. (1708-1778)
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First Principles: A Militia When Properly Formed Are In Fact the People Themselves
“A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves… and include all men capable of bearing arms. . . To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms.” – Richard Henry Lee, … Continue reading
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First Principles: Let the American Youth Never Forget, That They Possess A Noble Inheritance, Bought By the Toils, and Sufferings, and the Blood of Their Ancestors
“Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and capacity, if wisely improved, and faithfully guarded, of transmitting to their latest posterity all the substantial … Continue reading →