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First Principles: The Essence of Government Is Power; and Power, Lodged As It Must Be In Human Hands, Will Ever Be Liable To Abuse
“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” – James Madison (1829)
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First Principles: The Essence of Government Is Power; and Power, Lodged As It Must Be In Human Hands, Will Ever Be Liable To Abuse
“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” – James Madison (1829)
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Into A Pirate’s Tomorrow
Into A Pirate’s Tomorrowby Michael DoyleIt’s a rough pirate’s world out thereWhen words spoken spill into loose fearMobs, it seems, are as easily turnedAs pirate shanty towns are easily burnedJust as melancholy on the azure wavesAre the boarding plans that … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Allow, Allure, Azure Waves, Battle, Boarding Plans, Burn, Consternation, Desire, Fade, Fantasy, Fear, Fire, First Thrust, Forgot, Grave, Half-Broken, Heart, History, Improvisation, Into, Melancholy, Mobs, Pirate, Pirate King, Pirate's Lot, Pirates, Pistol, Plans Made, Plunder, Poetry and Poems, Power, Ragtag World, Shanty Towns, Tattle, Timeless Hour, Tomorrow, Travel, Treasure, Turn, Understood, Winced, Wonder, Words, World, Zig and Zag
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The Power In No
The Power In Noby Michael DoyleIn my life, I’ve been a sonHeld by a mother as second to noneTo my sister, I have been a brotherLoved by her like no otherI’ve been a doting sort of fatherOf my two beautiful, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Available, Believe, Bitter Fate, Brother, Call, Capability, Daughters, Deserve, Diligent, Do, Doting, Dreams, Dreams and Hopes, Empowerment, Father, Feelings, Find Themselves, Full Capacity, Getting Less, Greatest Power, Happiness, Healing, Home, Inconvenient Truths, Late, Life, Live Up, Love, Love Given, Medical Care, Mirrors, Mother, Neglect, No, Observe, Phone, Poetry and Poems, Power, Pretense, Rocks, Rope, Self-Respect, Shade, Single Sentence, Sister, Son, Wait, Weight, Women
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First Principles: It Will Not Be Denied That Power Is Of An Encroaching Nature and That It Ought To Be Effectually Restrained From Passing the Limits Assigned It
“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.” – James Madison (1788), in Federalist Paper No. 48
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Tagged Assign, Denied, Encroaching Nature, First Principles, James Madison, Limits, Pass, Power, Restrain
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Thought For the Day: Human Greatness Does Not Lie In Wealth or Power, But In Character and Goodness
“Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.” – Anne Frank
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Tagged Anne Frank, Character, Goodness, Human Greatness, Power, Thought For the Day, Wealth
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Joyful Contemplation
Joyful Contemplationby Michael DoyleLooking back on times I’ve hadI rejoice and find myself gladI’m certain of things I believeAnd I stand ready to receiveKnowing that God is wise and strongAnd I am often weak and often wrongI bless God’s name … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Certain, Contemplation, Days, Embrace, Glad, God, God's Name, Holy S;piirt, Joy, Joyful, Know, Looking Back, Mortal Limits, Place, Poetry and Poems, Power, Praise, Receive, Rejoice, The Lord, Times, Weak and Often Wrong, Wise and Strong
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First Principles: All See, and Most Admire, the Glare Which Hovers Round the External Trappings of Elevated Office…To Me There Is Nothing In It , Beyond…Its Connection With A Power of Promoting Human Felicity
“All see, and most admire, the glare which hovers round the external trappings of elevated office. To me there is nothing in it, beyond the lustre which may be reflected from its connection with a power of promoting human felicity.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Connection, Elevated Office, External Trappings, First Principles, George Washington, Glare, Human Felicity, Lustre, Nothing In It, Power, Promote, Reflect
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First Principles: Where An Excess of Power Prevails, Property of No Sort Is Duly Respect. No Man Is Safe In His Opinion, …Person,…Faculties… Or His Possessions
“As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights. Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is … Continue reading
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Tagged Excess, Faculties, First Principles, James Madison, Man, Opinion, Person, Possession, Power, Prevail, Property, Respect, Right, Rights, Safe
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From the Shadows, Grows the Light
From the Shadows, Grows the Lightby Michael DoyleEmerging from the shadows,There is one thing that I knowGod keeps promises despite disruptionHe’ll bring an end to all corruptionThis is the path for all eternityThe house of the worthy worships His deityWith … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention, Beautiful, Blessed Name, Burn, Corruption, Deity, Disruption, Done, Emerge, End, Eternity, Evertything, Flame, God, Grow, Heart, House, Know, Light, Path, Poetry and Poems, Power, Promises, Right Intention, Shadow, Son, Trust, Wonderful, Worship, Worthy
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 