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Tag Archives: Power
First Principles: Power In Our Republic Is To Be Bound By the Chains of the Constitution
“In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1798)
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Tagged Bind, Chain, Confidence, Constitution, First Principles, Man, Mischief, Power, Question, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Be Strong In Mind and Spirit And Have Power Over These
“Whoever is strong in mind and spirit will have power over them.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Tagged Fyodor Dostoevsky, Mind, Power, Spirit, Strong, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Believe In the Immeasurable Power of Love
“I believe in the immeasurable power of love; that true love can endure any circumstance and reach across any distance.” – Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
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Tagged Believe, Circumstance, Distance, Endure, Immeasurable, Love, Power, Reach, Steve Maraboli, Thought For the Day, True Love
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Here Am I
The Church is the people. There is nothing Biblical in the belief that approaching God requires the intercession of any other than Jesus and certainly not priests. If the Catholic church is going to rise from its present decline, it … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Bible, Church, Corruption, Decline, Dignity, Faith, Hierachy, Jesus, Luther, Moral Laxity, Pews, Photograph, Piety, Poem, Poetry, Power, Predator Priest, Priests, Rebel, Reform, Restoration, Rise, Sacred Heart, Simple, Sin, The People, True
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Lost Faces of Chernobyl
Nuclear is one of the safest and cleanest paths to provide energy. The problem is that it takes just one disaster to stir up the worst fear. I can’t say it’s not reasonable that it is that way. Lost Faces … Continue reading
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Tagged Ash, Chernobyl, Denial, Devour, Disaster, Endurance, Energy, Fallow, Hiroshima, Horror, Life, Nuclear, Perception, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Sacrifice, Soviet Russia, Truth, Ugly
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To Be Crucified
Based in part on Mark 14:43-15:20: To Be Crucified by Michael Romani Testimony no matter how persistent Becomes question when it’s inconsistent Because of this we should speak plainly When telling of the fulfillment of prophecy So it was in … Continue reading
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Tagged Agony, Betray, Calvary, Creation, Crowd, Crucify, Cup, Drink, Faith, Family, Fight, Gethsemane, God, Gospel of Mark, Heart, High Priests, Inconsistent, Jesus, Kiss, Know, Light, Messiah, Mishnah, Photograph, Plain, Poem, Poetry, Power, Power of Darkness, Price, Prophecy, Question, Son of Man, Spiritual Growth, Still, Testimony, Trials, Trust, Truth, Victory, Walk, Ways
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First Principles: The Unlimited Power To Tax Necessarily Is the Power To Destroy
“An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.” – John Marshall (1819)
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Tagged Bear, Destroy, First Principles, Institution, John Marshall, Limit Beyond, McCulloch v Maryland, Power, Property, Tax, Taxation, Unllimited Power
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Relative Complicity
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 12 asks that we who take up the challenge of finding something dull that we’re willing to give away. Well, sorry, but I’m twisting this into something that can never be owned, only given and that is so … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Attraction, Beautiful, Beauty, Brave, Breathtaking, Clarity, Complicity, Distance, Einstein, Extraordinary, Given, Good, Gravity, Grow, Heart, Hold Onto, Hour, Imposture, Insist, Journey, Love, Me and You, Mean, Mystery, Na/GloPoWriMo, Obscene, One, Our, Phone, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Power of Love, Presistence, Rarity, Realize, Relative, Routine, Scene, Share, Shown, Simplicity, Soul, Speak, Spectacular, Start, Strong, Surrender, Talk, Tender, Together, Unfold, Unknown, Wonderful, World
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A Pillow’s Talk of Things
The ninth day of Na/GloPoWriMo is based on the lists found in Sei Shonagon’ s The Pillow Talk. As the hour has grown later than I had hoped and only just recently finished a show along with a late dinner and … Continue reading
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Tagged Adore, Attention, Attitude, Beast, Beloved, Best, Best Intention, Breeze, Bring, Busy Day, Care, Chase, Chase Circles, Cloud, Confide, Confusion, Conquer, Cry, Delight, Depression, Despise, Difference, Diffidence, Enchantment, Eye to Eye, Face, Fascination, Find, Fruits, Game, God's Daughter, Grace, Gratitude, Hate, Heart, Heart Sing, Hope, Hour, Imagination, Impression, Intention, Keep, Knowledge, Known, Lady Love, Last, Late, Laughter, Lifetimes, Love, Memory, Mesmerize, Mind, Moon, Na/GloPoWriMo, Night, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Power, Precious, Prove, Pure, Questions, Raindrop, Reason Why, Rendition, Respect, Rule, Save, Sei Shonagon, Share, She, Sigh, Smile, Solitary Power, Soul, Sparkle, Spell Caster, Tantalize, Tear, Tears, Test, The Pillow Talk, Thought, Times, Tree House, Trouble, Upset, Voice, Vow, Way, Word, Words
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First Principles: Freedom Is More Often Abridged By Gradual and Silent Encroachments Than By Violent and Sudden Usurpations
“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” – James Madison
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Tagged Abridgment, Encroachments, First Principles, Freedom, Gradual, Instances, Power, Silent, Sudden, The People, Usurpations, Violent
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