Tag Archives: Security

First Principles: If Virtue and Knowledge Are Diffused Among the People, The Will Never Be Enslaved. This Will Be Their Great Security

Posted on February 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“If Virtue & Knowledge are diffused among the People, they will never be enslav’d. This will be their great Security.” – Samuel Adams (1779)

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First Principles: Liberty, the Greatest of All Earthly Blessings – Give Us That Precious Jewel, and You May Take Every Things Else!

Posted on February 4, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Will the abandonment of your most sacred rights tend to the security of your liberty? Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings — give us that precious jewel, and you may take every things else!” – Patrick Henry (1788)

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This Thanksgiving 2021

Posted on November 25, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

This Thanksgiving 2021by Michael DoyleLate last night I was thinking on..The furthest star’s even furthest moonUntil I was dreaming of a once uponFairytale feeling that was needed soonFor two years, the world has sufferedThrough the scourge of viral pestilenceWith reasons … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Religious Liberty Is the Chief Cornerstone of the American System of Government

Posted on November 15, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Religious liberty is the chief cornerstone of the American system of government, and provisions for its security are embedded in the written charter and interwoven in the moral fabric of its laws. Anything that tends to invade a right so … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Most Intense Conflicts…Are Needed To Produce Valuable and Lasting Results

Posted on October 30, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts, and their conflagration, which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.” – C. G. … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Religion In A Family Is At Once Its Brightest Ornament and Its Best Security

Posted on October 27, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Religion in a Family is at once its brightest Ornament & its best Security.” – Samuel Adams, letter to Thomas Wells, 1780

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First Principles: What Is the Most Sacred Duty…In A Republic?…An Inviolable Respect for the Constitution and Laws – the First Growing Out of the Last

Posted on June 15, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“If it be asked, What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? The answer would be, An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws — the first growing out of the last.” … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Liberty of the Press Is Essential To the Security of the State

Posted on June 10, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The liberty of the press is essential to the security of the state.“ – John Adams

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Echoes of A Dolphin’s Life

Posted on March 6, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Echoes of A Dolphin’s Lifeby Michael DoyleSynchronized sleepingFrom danger keepingHalf brained and one eyedThe pod keeps from being surprisedFollowing the secrets of mysteryA familiar echo explores the seaAs a whale’s song is heard in the distanceAnd against curiosity, there is … Continue reading →

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Covid and the Constitution

Posted on September 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Covid and the Constitutionby Michael DoyleVoices arrayed together against an institutionOut of control of the reining in by the ConstitutionChecks and balances swept away along with our rightsStill, we ride forward like beleaguered knightsStay at home orders meant for communicable … Continue reading →

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