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The Cold Warmth of Economic Cruelty
The Cold Warmth of Economic Crueltyby Michael DoyleWhat is now happiness in its pursuit,Was once the right to own property.Democratic Socialism grows at the roots,While voters forget the tie-in with prosperity.It only needs a little patch of landFrom which the … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Cold Warmth, Collective Socialism, Commence, Common Sense, Communism, Crossroads, Death, Distinction, Economic Cruelty, Extinction, Freedom, Government, History, Inseperable, Liberty, Liberty and Property, Marxist Math, Nepotism, Patch of Land, Philosophic, Planned Economies, Politically Capable, Private Property, Property, Property and Poems, Prosperity, Protection, Pursuit of Happiness, Roots, Shelter, The People, Tie-In, Tryanny, Ulterior Pessimism, Voters, Wrongness
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First Principles: Among the Natural Rights of the Colonists Are These: First A Right To Life, Secondly To Liberty, and Thirdly To Property; Together With the Right To Defend Them In the Best Manner They Can
“Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and”” thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.” – Samuel Adams
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Tagged Best Manner, Colonists, Defend, First Principles, Liberty, Natural Rights, Property, Right To Life, Samuel Adams
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First Principles: Whatever Spreads Ignorance, Poverty and Discontent Causes Crime. Criminals Have Their Own Responsibility.. But They Are Merely the Hand
“Crimes increase as education, opportunity, and property decrease. Whatever spreads ignorance, poverty and, discontent causes crime…. Criminals have their own responsibility, their own share of guilt, but they are merely the hand…. Whoever interferes with equal rights and equal opportunities … Continue reading
First Principles: The Circulation of Confidence Is Better Than the Circulation of Money
“The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.” – James Madison (See, Judicial Powers of the National Government, [20 June] 1788)
First Principles: Without Justice Being Freely, Fully, and Impartially Administered, Neither Our Persons, Nor Our Rights, Nor Our Property Can Be Protected
“Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if these, or either of them, are regulated by no certain laws, and are subject to no certain principles, … Continue reading
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Tagged Administer, First Principles, Free, Impartial, Independence, Justice, Justice Joseph Story, Law, Mankind, Persons, Principles, Property, Protect, Redress, Regulate, Remedy, Rights, Savage, Society, Tenure, Value, Violate
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Thought For the Day: Government Should Be A Referee, Not An Active Player
“Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from crimes against themselves or their property. When government– in pursuit of good intentions tries to … Continue reading
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Tagged Active Player, Cost, Crime, Enforce Contracts, Government, Inefficiency, Lack of Motivation, Legislate Morality, Loss of Freedom, Military Defense, Milton Friedman, Primary Funcions, Property, Pursuit of Good Intentions, Rearrange the Economy, Referee, Self, Special Interests, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Where Is the Security For Property, For Reputation, For Life, If the Sense of Religious Obligation Deserts the Oaths…?
“Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths…?” – George Washington (1796)
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Tagged First Principles, George Washington, Life, Oath, Property, Religious Obligation, Reputation, Security, Sense
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First Principles: The Moment the Idea Is Admitted Into Society that Property Is Not As Sacred As the Laws of God, and That There Is Not A Force of Law and Public Justice To Protect It, Anarchy and Tyranny Commence
“The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.” – John … Continue reading
First Principles: Let the American Youth Never Forget, That They Possess A Noble Inheritance, Bought By the Toils, and Sufferings and Blood of Their Ancestors
“Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and capacity, if wisely improved, and faithfully guarded, of transmitting to their latest posterity all the substantial … Continue reading
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