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First Principles: Our Peculiar Security Is In the Possession of A Written Constitution. Let Us Not Make It A Blank Paper By Construction
“Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction.” – Thomas Jefferson (1803)
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First Principles: If Virtue and Knowledge Are Diffused Among the People, The Will Never Be Enslaved. This Will Be Their Great Security
“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!
“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)
Thought For the Day: Religious Liberty Is the Chief Cornerstone of the American System of Government
“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
Thought For the Day: The Most Intense Conflicts…Are Needed To Produce Valuable and Lasting Results
“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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Tagged C.G. Jung, Calm, Conflagration, Conflict, Intense, Lasting Results, Overcome, Produce, Security, Sense, Thought For the Day, Value
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First Principles: Religion In A Family Is At Once Its Brightest Ornament and Its Best Security
“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
“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
First Principles: The Liberty of the Press Is Essential To the Security of the State
“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
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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Tagged Beauty, Beholder, Bold, Curiosity, Danger, Distance, Dolphin's Life, Echoes, Echolocation, Humpbacked, Hunger Calls, Impossible to Ignore, Majestic, Mother's Tone, Mystery, No Resistance, Ocean Floor, One Eyed, Poetry and Poems, Razor Fish, Romance, Safety By Numbers, Sea, Secrets, Security, Sleeping, Suitable, Surprised, Synchronized, The Pod, Whale's Song
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