Tag Archives: Power

The Power In No

Posted on June 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

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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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

Posted on June 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“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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Thought For the Day: Human Greatness Does Not Lie In Wealth or Power, But In Character and Goodness

Posted on June 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.” – Anne Frank

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Joyful Contemplation

Posted on June 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

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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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

Posted on May 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“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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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

Posted on May 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“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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From the Shadows, Grows the Light

Posted on April 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

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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In Us and Through Us

Posted on April 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In Us and Through Usby Michael DoylePrayerful in all that truly mattersOur God prepares us for when peace shattersWe know that God has intentional plansAs the world unfolds and God stymies even as He canThere on the inspired pages of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Cynical, Mercenary, Demagogic Press Will Produce In Time A People As Base As Itself. The Power To Mould the Future of the Republic Will Be In the Hands of the Journalists of Future Generations

Posted on April 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together. An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and … Continue reading →

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First Principles: For the Spirit God Gave Us Does Not Make Us Timid, But Gives Us Power, Love and Self-Discipline. So Do Not Be Ashamed of the Testimony

Posted on April 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in … Continue reading →

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