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A Poem for Patriots Day 2023

Posted on April 18, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Poem For Patriots Day 2023by Michael DoyleIn the heart of every patriot rests a songIn our love of country, under God, as we belongThe foundations are strong and pillars are highAs long as Old Glory ripples across the skyOther … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Neither the Wisest Constitution Nor the Wisest Laws Will Secure the Liberty and Happiness of A People Whose Manners Are Universally Corrupt

Posted on March 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.” – Samuel Adams (1749)

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First Principles: He That Would Have His Own Liberty Secure, Must Guard Even His Enemy From Oppression; For If He Violates This Duty, He Establishes A Precedent

Posted on March 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.” – Thomas Paine (1791)

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First Principles: Government Is Instituted To Protect Property of Every Sort; As Well That Which Lies In the Various Rights of Individuals

Posted on February 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses.” – James Madison (1792)

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First Principles: Democracy Will Soon Degenerate Into An Anarchy That Every Man Will Do What Is Right In His Own Eyes and No Man’s Life Or Property Or Reputation Or Liberty Will Be Secure

Posted on October 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“[D]emocracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man’s life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged An Essay n Man's Lust For Power (1763), Anarchy, Degenerate, Democracy, Every Man, First Principles, John Adams, Liberty, Life, No Man's, Own Eyes, Property, Reputation, Right, Secure | Leave a comment

I’d Rather Be Ashes Than Dust

Posted on March 13, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

I’d Rather Be Ashes Than Dustby Michael DoyleI’d rather be ashes than dustI’d rather throw deep when I mustTaking the risks to succeedThis is the satisfaction of spiritual needFaithful in all that we doReady in capturing God in our viewUnafraid … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ashes, Blessed Story, Capture, Change, Connection, Direction, Drumming, Dust, End Days, Faithful, Fight, Get Ready, God, Godly Ways, Gospel, Jesus, Legacy, Lord's Glory, Poetry and Poems, Preacher, Priority, Regardless, Rejection, Risk, Satisfaction, Secure, Spiritual Need, Spread, Standing Strong, Step By Step, Succeed, Throw Deep, Tomorrow, Unafraid, View | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: By Dividing the Voters Through the Political Party System, We Can Get Them To Expend Their Energies In Fighting over Questions of No Importance

Posted on February 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“By dividing the voters through the political party system, we can get them to expend their energies in fighting over questions of no importance. Thus by discreet action we can secure for ourselves what has been so well planned and … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Accomplished, Action, Discrete, Dividing, Energy, Expend, Fight, No Importance, Political Party System, Questions, Secure, Sir Denison Miller, Thought For the Day, Voters, Well Planned | Leave a comment

First Principles: Can the Liberties of A Nation Be Secure When We Have Removed A Conviction That These Liberties Are the Gift of God?

Posted on January 2, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“God who gave us life gave us Liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Tremble For My Country When I Reflect That God Is Just; That His Justice Cannot Sleep Forever

Posted on November 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“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 the gift of God? That they are not to be … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Basis, Conviction, Country, First Principles, Forever, Gift, God, Just, Justice, Liberties, Minds, Nation, Notes On the State of Virginia, Reflect, Remove, Secure, Sleep, The People, Thomas Jefferson, Tremble, Violate, Wrath | Leave a comment

First Principles: Democracy Will Soon Degenerate Into An Anarchy, Such An Anarchy That Every Man Will Do What is Right In His Own Own Eyes

Posted on October 3, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Posted in First Principles | Tagged An Essay on Man's Lust For Power, Anarchy, Beauty, Capricious Will, Cruelty, Degenerate, Democracy, Every Man, First Principles, Intellectual Abilities, John Adams, Liberty, Life, Moral Virtues, One, Own Eyes, Powers, Property, Reputation, Science, Secure, Very Few, Wanton Pleasures, Wealth, Wit | Leave a comment