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First Principles: The Voice of Reason Is Too Often Drowned Out for Immediate and Immoderate Gains
“But the mild voice of reason, pleading the cause of an enlarged and permanent interest, is but too often drowned, before public bodies as well as individuals, by the clamors of an impatient avidity for immediate and immoderate gain.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Federalist Papers, First Principles, Gain, Greed, Immediate, Immoderate, Impatience, James Madison, Mild, Modesty, Ruin, Voice of Reason
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First Principles: The Ruin of Many Nations Comes Through Unjust Favoritism
“History affords us many instances of the ruin of states, by the prosecution of measures ill suited to the temper and genius of their people. The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Equality, Factions, Fairness, First Principles, History, Impartial, Oppression, Partiality, Ruin, United States, Unity
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Broken Hearted Sonnet
Broken Hearted Sonnet by Michael Romani Hearts are such fickle things Not bound by words or even rings Too often secrets unknown Bring ruin to affections shown I could have loved you, perhaps, forever Loving you with no end; never … Continue reading
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Tagged Affections, Broken Hearted, Fickle, Hearts, Love, Poem, Poetry, Promises, Ruin, Secrets, Silence, Sonnet, True, Unspoken, Untrue
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