Tag Archives: Power

The Greater the Miracles

Posted on October 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Greater the Miraclesby Michael DoyleReligion it seems is love’s emotionPersonified and adhered to with devotionFor a person who lives life without reasonHas committed the most personal of treasonsIn the Grand Inquisitor we find rarified poetryIn which passions are taken … Continue reading →

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From the Perspective of the Rus

Posted on October 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

From the Perspective of the Rusby Michael DoyleStanding on the shoulders of wisdomBy each step we build separate kingdomsThe Brothers Karamazov built on a grain of wheatThat life comes from death and death is not defeatAll the suffering that we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absolute Rule, Authority, Autocracy, Beyond, Brothers Karamazov, Capability, Connection, Constantanople, Culture, Death, Declaration, Decree, Defeat, Despotism, Different, Division, Dreams, Driven, Fallible, Forces, Foundation, Freedom Lovers, God, Grain, Historical, History, Kiev, King, Kingdom, Kingdoms, Liberty, Life, Monarch, Mother Russia, Nation, Ninth Century, No Relief, Nobility, Ordained Choice, Orthodoxy, Perspective, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Principles, Purpose, Reflection, Relationships, Reservation, Reverent, Rule, Russia, Sacred, Shoulders, Solzhenitsyn, Soul, Step, Suffering, Supreme, Talk, Temporal, True Belief, Twin Blades, Undergon, United, Viking, Voice, Western Civilization, Wheat, Wisdom, Withstand | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Preservation of Freedom Is the Protective Reason For Limiting and Decentralizing Governmental Power

Posted on October 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The preservation of freedom is the protective reason for limiting and decentralizing governmental power. But there is also a constructive reason. The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or in literature, in industry or agriculture, … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Capitalism, Decentralize, Freedom, Government, Limit, Milton Friedman, Power, Preservation, Protective Reason, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Together We Will Stand

Posted on September 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Together We Will Standby Michael DoyleThere is now in this time of historyA grain going against the orthodoxyThat states that the power rests in populismDespite the modern move against nationalismToday, a certain set wishes our knees to bowAs if to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best Days, Biblical, Bow, Bows, Broken Dreams, Business of Our Nation, Capacity, Carry On, Champion, City on the Hill, Conservative Court, Constitution, Country, Course, Courts, Critical, Crucial, Cut, Darkness, Deep State, Deluge, Democracy, Determine, Devotion, Display, Disservice, Each Day, Elit, Empowerment, Encroachment, Fail, Family Tree, Fight For, Force, Founders, Founding Principle, God and Family, God's Wisdom, Good, Government, Guiding Light, Harshness, Hesitation, History, Honor, Hope, Keep Freedom, Kept Liberty, Knees, Land of the Brave and Free, Legacy, Liberty, Limbs, Lost, Midstream, Mobocracy, Modern, Nationalism, Need, Offer, Orthodoxy, Our Land, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Populism, Power, Pray, Pretend, Principle, Question, Reason, Regulation, Republic, Rule of Law, Safe, Sense, Sheet-Anchor, Shines, Shoulder to Shoulder, Stand, Stand Strong, Stand Together, Stay, Staying Strong, Struggle, Symbol, The People, This Fight, Throngs, Together, Treasured Country, Turning Point, Understand, Unique, Values, Victory, Wonder Aloud, World | Leave a comment

On Autumnal Equinox 2020 – Happy First Day Of Autumn

Posted on September 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

On Autumnal Equinox 2020by Michael DoyleThe world speaks of falling backThe world thinks on falling backYet, it is that as Fall comes to lockWe enter our Southward EquinoxThe Sun has shifts its celestial destinationNo longer balanced in the Libra constellationIt … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Algnment, Alone, Ancient, Autumn, Autumn Leaves, Blessing, Cardinal Point, Celestial, Change, Climatic, Colors, Constellation, Crown, Equinox, Expect, Fall Back, Falling Down, Farewell, Festival, Fragment, Gain, Good Cheer, Ground, Harvest Home, Holy, Hour, Libra, Life, Lock, Midpoint, Neglect, Oak King, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Seasons, Segment, Shadow, Shelter, Southward Equinox, Speak, Summer, Sun, Thanksgivign, Think, Turn, Virgo, Wane, Wheel of the Year, World | Leave a comment

First Principles: It Must Never Be Forgotten That the Liberties of the People Are Not So Safe Under the Gracious Manner of Government As By the Limitation of Power

Posted on September 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It must never be forgotten…that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation of power.” – Richard Henry Lee

Posted in First Principles | Tagged First Principles, Government, Gracious Manner, Liberties, Limitation, Never Be Forgotten, Note Safe, Power, Richard Henry Lee, The People | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Unlimited Power Is Apt To Corrupt the Minds of Those Who Possess It

Posted on September 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.” – William Pitt Sr. (1708-1778)

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The Chi Within All

Posted on September 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Chi Within Allby Michael DoyleIt matters not, woman or manEach is to yield chi as they canIt is not for a father to sayWhich is who and what’s the wayThere in the essence of controlWhere one’s power finds one’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All, Become, Behalf, Best, Beware, Breath, Chi, Darkness, Death, Disruption, Edge, Essence, Father, Firm, Foretold, Harshness, Honor, Imperial Throne, Know, Life, Light, Man, Matters, Phoenix, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Right, Road, Shadows, Shapeshift, Shrine, Sould, Talk, Test, The Way, Walk, Warrior, Witch, Within, Woman | Leave a comment

First Principles: No County On Earth Ever Had More In Its Power To Attain These Blessings Than United America

Posted on August 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“No country upon earth ever had it more in its power to attain these blessings than United America. Wondrously strange, then, and much to be regretted indeed would it be, were we to neglect the means and to depart from … Continue reading →

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A Gaelic King

Posted on August 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A Gaelic Kingby Michael DoyleIn 700 AD, the Picts and the Gaels divided ScotlandAs if that were something natural to commandNo force on Earth could unite these kingdomsTo think that possible is sheer bedlamThe impossible doesn’t stop hearts from tryingBut … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 700 AD, Bedlam, Betray, Brooch, Comman, Cry, Dark of Night, Desire, Divide, Earth, Fire, Forbidden, Force, Gaelic, Hard As A Rock, Heart of Stone, Hearts, Hidden, Hunger, Impossible, Kept, King, Kingdom, Kingdoms, Love of Peace, Natural, Need, Old King, Photograph, Picts, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Power, Reign, Right, Scotland, Scream, Solemn, Somehow, Son, Steal Away, Throne, Try, Unite, Vengeance, Vengeful, Vow, Vows | Leave a comment