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Tag Archives: Power
First Principles: As the President Bears No Resemblance To A King So the Senate Has No Similarity To Nobles
“As our president bears no resemblance to a king so we shall see the Senate has no similitude to nobles. First, not being hereditary, their collective knowledge, wisdom, and virtue are not precarious. For by these qualities alone are they … Continue reading
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Tagged Collective, First Principles, Hereditary, King, Knowledge, Nobles, Office, Power, Precarious, President, Qualities, Resemble, Senate, Tench Coxe, Vice, Virtue, Wisdom
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First Principles: All Men Having Power Ought To Be Distrusted To A Certain Degree
“All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.” – James Madison (1787)
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Tagged All, Certain, Degree, Distrust, First Principles, James Madison, Men, Power
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Commit Freedom To Memory
Yesterday, December 15, 2019, was Bill of Rights Day! I was semi-astonished when I didn’t find anyone making reference to this. I was busily recovering from a long walk without a coat taken on Saturday. By the way, … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Bill of Rights Day, Birth Right, Breath, Confluence, December 15 1791, Die, Distinction, Extinction, Flag, Flickr, Freedom, Fundamental, God, Government, Guarantee, History, Hour, Influence, Light, Limit, Lord, Memory, Natural Law, Overseer, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Principles, Rule of Law, Rules, Sentiment, Steeple, The People, Truth, World, Worth
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First Principles: The First Maxim of Those Who Love Liberty Is To Never Grant Rulers An Atom of Power That Is Not Indispensably Necessary
“The first maxim of a man who loves liberty, should be never to grant to rulers an atom of power that is not most clearly and indispensably necessary for the safety and well being of society.” – Richard Henry Lee … Continue reading
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Tagged Atom, Clear, First Maxim, First Principles, Grant, Liberty, Love, Mankind, Necessary, Power, Richard Henry Lee, Rulers, Safe, Society, Well Being
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First Principles: Act Worthy of Yourselves
“Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired. Our enemies are numerous and powerful; but we have many friends, determining to be free, and heaven and earth will aid the resolution. On you depend the fortunes of America. … Continue reading
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Tagged America, At, Country, Danger, Despair, Earth, Enemy, First Principles, Fortunes, Free, Friends, Happiness, Heaven, Joseph Warren, Liberty, Power, Question, Resolution, Self, Unborn, Worthy
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First Principles: The Future of America Not On the Power of Government, but, On Governing Ourselves In Accordance to the Ten Commandments
“We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according … Continue reading
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Tagged Accord, Capacity, Constitution, First Principles, Future, Govern, Government, James Madison, Moral Principles, Nation, Ourselves, Power, Stake, Ten Commandments
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The Healing Acceptance of Self
A poem of humility and gratitude # 12: The Healing Acceptance of Self by Michael Romani With gratitude, I accept myself No longer looking for answers from a shelf But, seeking instead to find peace from within Behind that wall … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolution, Accept, Alone, Answers, Awake, Blade, Burn, Child, Christ, Cobblestone, Comfort, Compulsion, Confusion, Constant, Cut, Discovery, Divine, Drama, Drown, Dysfunction, Eternity, Fade, Family, God, Grace, Gratitude, Healing, Heart, History, Humanity, Humility, Illusion, Love, Magic, Memory, Moment, Night, Pain, Pass, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pride, Question, Rain, Reality, Recovery, Sand, Scheme, Self, Self Affliction, Serenity, Shadow, Silence, Sin, Soul, Steps, Tears, Time, Trap, Trauma, Unfinished Business, Victim, Wall, Warm, Within
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Thoughts On Kindness
In a world where so much can be had, perhaps the one thing we might best give to others and ourselves is intentional kindnesses. Thoughts On Kindness by Michael Romani With loving thoughts and gratitude I embrace the world with … Continue reading
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First Principles: Public Information Should Be Provided To the People To Keep Them Capable of Determining Their Own Destiny
“When information which properly belongs to the public is systematically withheld by those in power, the people soon become ignorant of their own affairs, distrustful of those who manage them, and — eventually — incapable of determining their own destinies.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Affairs, Destiny, Determine, Distrust, First Principles, Ignorant, Incapable, Information, Manage, Power, Public, Richard M Nixon, Systematic, The People, Withheld
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