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First Principles: Christianity Must Be the Basis of Government Intended To Secure the Rights and Privileges of A Free People
“In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed. … No truth is more evident to my mind than that the … Continue reading
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Tagged Basis, Children, Christianity, First Principles, First Thing, Free Government, Free People, Government, Instruct, Noah Webster, Privileges, Rights, Secure, Truth
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First Principles: Liberty of Conscience In All Just Things Makes It Impossible That Government Will Degenerate Into Tyranny
“Of the liberty of conscience in matters of religious faith, of speech and of the press; of the trial by jury of the vicinage in civil and criminal cases; of the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus; of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Define, Degenerate, Encroachment, Faith, First Principles, Government, Habeas Corpus, James Monroe, Libert of Conscience, Press, Right to Bear Arms, Rights, Secure, Speech, Trial By Jury, Tyranny
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Meanders At the Oxbow
Na/GloPoWriMo 2019, Day 29 and the challenge is to write on the after thoughts about a strong emotion and its results. This is my attempt to clarify thoughts I had just yesterday about the days prior and the future that … Continue reading
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Tagged Adore, Ahead, Always, Banks, Behind, Bends, Best Friend, Better or Worse, Bridge, Cautious, Cherish, Churn, Commonality, Cool Creek, Creek, Crime, Demand, Deserve, Different, Duck, Eyes, Feel, Flow, Forget, Fresh, Frown, Hike, Kiss, Laugh, Living, Love, Meander, Memory, Mud, Na/GloPoWriMo, Need, New, Obnoxious, Oxbow, Photograph, Photographs, Poem, Poetry, Remind, Reverence, Rise, Safe, Secure, Similar, Simple Man, Slosh, Smile, Speak, Stand, Startle, Surprise, Sweetest Love, Swerve, Talk, Think, Thoughts, Times, Today, Tomorrow, Touch, Turn, Turns, Twist, Walk, Water, Wish, Words, Yesterday
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Thought For the Day: Open Borders Mean More Crime In the US
“Whenever President Trump talks about illegal immigration, he frequently says that open borders means more crime. Predictably, left-wing pundits accuse the president of being ‘xenophobic,’ even though he often praises legal immigration. But the president is absolutely correct. Not every … Continue reading
First Principles: Can the Liberties of A Nation Be Secure When The Conviction That the Liberties Are A Gift From God?
“God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Basis, Conviction, Country, First Principles, Gift of God, God, Just, Justice, Liberty, Life, Mind, Nation, Reflect, Secure, Sleep, The People, Thomas Jefferson, Tremble, Violated, Wrath
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First Principles: Liberties of the People Will Never Be Secure With Transparency In the Actions Taken By Their Rulers
“The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.” – Patrick Henry If you do, perhaps 2020, is the time to have clear hindsight and vote … Continue reading
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Tagged Conceal, First Principles, Liberty, Patrick Henry, People, Rulers, Secure, Transaction
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First Principles: Our Liberties Are A Gift From God
“And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to … Continue reading
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Tagged Conviction, Country, Firm Basis, First Principles, Gift of God, God, Just, Justice, Liberties, Liberty, Mind, Nation, Secure, Sleep, The People, Thomas Jefferson, Tremble, Violate, Wrath
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First Principles: Without Morals A Republic Cannot Subsist Any Length of Time
“Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Carroll, Christian, Decry, Duration, Eternal, First Principles, Free Government, Happy, Length, Morality, Morals, Pure, Republic, Secure, Solid Foundation, Sublime, Subsist
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An Elegy To Common Sense
Poem A Day #11 is to be an elegy. The word prompt is ‘black hole’. Milkwood’s definition of elegy is limited to the following. I would argue that the person who wrote the notecard needs to revisit this. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged America First, American, Attitude, Black Hole, Blindman's Bluff, Border Fence, Borders, Build, Cardinal Rule, Common Sense, Conservative, Country, Death, Defend, Dense, Despotism, Destination, Discrimination, Domestic, Drug Lords, Elegy, Elite, Enemy, Exist, Followers, Foreign, Globalist, Heath, History, Immoral, Legal Immigration, Liberty, Live or Die, Milkwood, MS 13, Nation, National Defense, Oath, Old Hat, Patriot, Patriotic, Platitude, Poem A Day, Poor, Porous Border, Pretense, Primary, Principle, Progressive, Protect, Rule of Law, Secure, Servants, Statesmen, Support, Surrender, Sworn, Terrorist, Thirst, Victimless Crimes
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