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First Principles: To Vote Is A Solemn Trust Accountable To God and Country
“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual — or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he … Continue reading
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Tagged Accountable, Citizen, Country, First Principles, God, Samuel Adams, Society, Solemn Trust, Vote
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Ashes of Daybreak
Maybe it would be better to start this look at Julius Caesar sometime around the Ides of March? Still… Ashes of Daybreak by Michael Romani Brushes with death lived as life Young Julius pushed on through the strife For every … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashes, Battle, Battle of Silarius, Crumble, Daybreak, Empire, Fight, Glory, Ides of March, Julius Caesar, Nobility, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rome, Servile Wars, Slaves, Society, Soldier, Spartacus, Victory, Virtue, Warrior
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Into the Hands of Lucifer
Another more or less for Halloween and based in part on the Tiggy provided word prompt of “suspense”: Into the Hands of Lucifer by Michael Romani Such is the language of demons cast down That we strictly start with boots … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Abandon, Autumn, Ball, Betray, Chill, Civility, Complain, Complications, Confusion, Creatures of the Night, Delusion, Demonic Language, Duplicity, Eternity, Fly, God, Gold, Halloween, Lucifer, Machinations, Master, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reason, Ruins, Samhain, Society, Spider, Suspense, Trap, Truth, Will
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First Principles: The Aim of Every Constitution Should Be To Obtain Governance By the Wise and Virtuous
“The aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society.” – James Madison (1788) … Continue reading
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Tagged Aim, Common Good, Constitution, Discern, First Principles, Governance, James Madison, Pursuit, Society, Virtue, Wisdom
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First Principles: Religion and Virtue Are the Foundation of Free Government and Human Society
“Religion and Virtue are the only Foundations, not only of Republicanism and of all free Government, but of Social Felicity under all Governments and in all the Combinations of human Society.” – John Adams (1811)
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Tagged First Principles, Foundation, Free Government, Government, John Adams, Religion, Republicanism, Social Felicity, Society, Virtue
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Difficulty Is Just the Beginning
In this modern world, it’s not a question of what’s painless. Nor is it of not having choices. It’s about making the choice to be and make a chosen relationship work. Maybe it’s always been that way? Difficulty Is Just … Continue reading
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Tagged Absuridities, Acceptable Business, Acceptance, Aground, Beginning, Better, Choice, Closer, Complication, Contemplation, Contempt, Difficult, Emotion, Equilibrium, Explore, Failure, Fosters, Implication, Indignity, Keeping Faith, Keys to the Kingdom, Kindness, Life, Love, Managed Unhappiness, Miracles of Fate, Modern World, Narcissism, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Relationship, Scold, Society, Steadfast, Time, Transformation, Truth, Wisdom, Work
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Thought For the Day: Censorship Reflects A Society’s Lack of Self Confidence
“Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself.” – Justice Potter Stewart (1915-1985)
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Tagged Censorship, Confidence, Justice Potter Stewart, Reflect, Society, Thought For the Day
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Daily Prompt – Declaration
Among the truths that remain self evident There is especially on that is quite relevant When so many declare God’s death so openly They so at great peril for our republican society For if there is no God on which … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Society, Daily Prompt, Dead, Declaration, God, Good Intentions, Hearts, Mankind, Peril, Regime, Relevant, Reliance, Republican, Rights, Sacred, Self-Evident, Society, Truth
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The Squishy Sound of Democracy
The suppression of free speech is a leading indicator of fascism not freedom and certainly not the small r republican values our Founding Fathers advocated in their classical liberalism. I for one refuse to bend to tyranny from any camp… … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptance, Authoritarian, Bridges, Censorship, Classical Liberalism, Communicate, Conflict, Dangers, Democracy, Disagreeable Voices, Diversity, False Morality, Fascism, Founding Fathers, Free Speech, Freedom, Fundamental, Gaffes, Internet, Margin, Messy, Negotiation, New York Times, Objectivity, Opposition, Perversity, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Points of View, Reason, Resolution, Riot, Self Responsibility, Social Control, Society, Strangers, Suppression, Times Square, True, Twitter, Tyranny
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