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The Secret Woes of Regret
The Secret Woes of Regretby Michael DoyleKept silence about better daysAre still remembered for the better waysWe once so happily lived inBefore the days of blood and drunken sinsWe clean the ship’s hull on the beachTo gain that extra knot … Continue reading
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First Principles: There Is A Degree of Depravity In Mankind Which Requires A Certain Degree of Circumspection and Distrust
“There is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust.” – James Madison (1788)
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Tagged Circumspection, Degree, Depravity, Distrust, First Principles, James Madison, Mankind, Require
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First Principles: The Great Principles of Right and Wrong Are Legible To Every Reader; To Pursue Them Requires Not the Aid of Many Counselors
“The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors.” – Thomas Jefferson (1775)
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Tagged Aid, Every Reader, First Principles, Great Pinrciples, Legible, Many Counselors, Pursue, Require, Right and Wrong, Thomas Jeferrson
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First Principles: The Great Principles of Right and Wrong Are Legible To Every Reader
“It behooves you, therefore, to think and act for yourself and your people. The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors. The whole art of government … Continue reading
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Tagged Act, Aim, Art of Government, Counselor, Credit, Duty, Fail, First Principles, Great Principles, Honest, Legible, Mankind, People, Reader, Require, Right and Wrong, Self, Think
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To Be A Warrior
To Be A Warriorby Michael DoyleTo be a warriorThat is to say, a good warriorRequires more than the draw your bladeAnd being assured your prowess is displayedNo, it requires a reasonA reason that is good to find that seasonWhen the … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle, Blade, Cause, Cherish, Days, Display, Due, Fights, Fine Steel, Fought, Good, Good Warrior, Greatest Kings, Heaven Above, Just, Know, Knowledge, Led, Love, Men, Poetry and Poems, Prowess, Reason, Repeat, Require, Said, Seaason, Sought, Soul, Strength, Thousand Lights, Time, True Warrior, Truth, Understood, Victory, Warrior, Win, Written, Youth
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First Principles: The People Alone Have An Incontestable, Unalienable, and Indefeasible Right To Institute Government and To Reform, Alter, Or Totally Change the Same
“The People alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government and to reform, alter, or totally change the same when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.” – John Adams
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Tagged Alter, Change, First Principles, Government, Happiness, Incontestable, Institute, John Adams, Prosperity, Protection, Reform, Require, Safety, The People, Unalienable
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First Principles: It Must Be Agreed That Our Governments Have Much Less of Republicanism Than Ought To Have Been Expected
“If, then, the control of the people over the organs of their government be the measure of its republicanism, and I confess I know no other measure, it must be agreed that our governments have much less of republicanism than … Continue reading
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Tagged Agents, Confess, Control, Expected, First Principles, Government, Interests, Measure, Organs, Regular Control, Republicanism, Require, Rights, The People, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: The People Alone Have the Incontestable…Right to Institute Government; and To Reform, Alter, or Totally Change the Same, When Their Protection, Safety, Prosperity and Happiness Require It
“…(T)he people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.” – John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776
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Tagged Alone, Alter, Change, First Principles, Government, Happiness, Incontestable, John Adams, Prosperity, Protection, Reform, Require, Safety, The People, Thoughts on Government (1776)
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First Principles: The Great Principles of Right and Wrong Are Legible To Every Reader; To Pursue Them Requires Not the Aid of Many Counselors
“The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors.” – Thomas Jefferson (1775)
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Tagged Counselors, Every Reader, First Principles, Legible, Pursue, Require, Right, Thomas Jefferson, Wrong
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First Principles: The Great Principles of Right and Wrong Are Legible To Every Reader; To Pursue Them Requires Not the Aid of Many Counselors
“The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors.” – Thomas Jefferson (1775)
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Tagged Aid, Every Reader, First Principles, Legible, Many Counselors, Pursue, Require, Right and Wrong, Thomas Jefferson
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