Tag Archives: Restraint

To Be A Woman

Posted on May 31, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

To Be A Womanby Michael DoyleIt would be false to paint tranquility.A woman’s world is one of complexity.Phrased in its phases, it takes a distortionist.To be a woman is to be a contortionist.In the push-and-pull world of always there,It’s plain … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Liberty Is Not To Be Enjoyed, Indeed It Cannot Exist, Without the Habits of Just Subordination; It Consists, Not So Much In Removing All Restraint From the Orderly, As In Imposing It On the Violent

Posted on September 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Liberty is not to be enjoyed, indeed it cannot exist, without the habits of just subordination; it consists, not so much in removing all restraint from the orderly, as in imposing it on the violent.” – Fisher Ames (1801) Twice … Continue reading →

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Freedom Without Apology

Posted on September 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Freedom Without Apologyby Michael DoyleThe Declaration of Independence is the only foundationLegitimate for the civil government of our great nationHistory has shown the path forward, and it is man’s testTo put aside all nations building an empire through conquestWhile we … Continue reading →

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Mess Over Neatness

Posted on July 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Mess Over Neatnessby Michael DoyleShall we live as Lucy or LinusAs a spreadsheet of plus and minusMinimalism can be said to be neatBut life as messy has this beatIt is a deep-seated emotional needThat a life well-lived is one freedFrom … Continue reading →

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The Restraint of Humility

Posted on June 18, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Restraint of Humilityby Michael DoyleThere is no doubt about where I place my treasureThis truth is notable beyond all measureIntroduced into a life of loving sacrificeAnd this Father’s Day is filled with peace, not strifeIt is said that snow … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Democracy and Socialism Have Nothing In Common But One Word: equality. But Notice the Difference… Socialism Seeks… Restraint and Servitude

Posted on November 24, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.” – Alexis de Tocqueville

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First Principles: Constitutions Act As Restraint On the Hasty Action of the Majority

Posted on October 24, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority of them to secure sober action and a respect for the rights of the minority.” – William Howard Taft … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Power’s Encroaching Nature Must Be Restrained

Posted on September 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.” – James Madison, in Federalist 48

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First Principles: Be Aware of the Jealousies That Too Often Frame the Depiction of Political Adversaries

Posted on June 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Were the pictures which have been drawn by the political jealousy of some among us faithful likenesses of the human character, the inference would be, that there is not sufficient virtue among men for self-government; and that nothing less than … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Sovereign Power Tends To Be Hostile To Those Seeking Restraint Of Its Operations

Posted on April 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“There is in the nature of sovereign power an impatience of control, that disposes those who are invested with the exercise of it, to look with an evil eye upon all external attempts to restrain or direct its operations.” – … Continue reading →

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