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First Principles: Governments Do Not Make Ideals, But Ideals Make Governments

Posted on June 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments. This is both historically and logically true. Of course, the government can help to sustain ideals and can create institutions through which they can be the better observed, but their source … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Marriage Is In Its Origin A Contract of Natural Law. It Is the Parent, and Not the Child of Society; the Source of Civility, and A Sort of Seminary of the Republic

Posted on April 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Marriage is … in its origin a contract of natural law. … It is the parent, and not the child of society; the source of civility and a sort of seminary of the republic.” – Justice Joseph Story (1833)

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Thought For the Day: The Only Sure Weapon Against Bad Ideas Is Better Ideas. The Source of Better Ideas Is Wisdom.

Posted on May 26, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. The source of better … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Has Been A Source of Great Pain To Me To Have Met With So Many Among My Opponents Who Had Not the Liberality To Distinguish Between Political and Social Opposition

Posted on May 24, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred … Continue reading →

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Standing Against Gender Identity Ideology

Posted on May 14, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Standing Against Gender Identity Ideologyby Michael DoyleI.Warnings from the churchRight the bell of genderAn articulated realityOr a decision capriciously madeAre women to have rightsOr does post-modernist MarxismErase these differences based on secrecyPropelled into an intercultural revolutionFracture of family and identityQuestions … Continue reading →

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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: There Is A Fountain of Youth: It Is Your Mind, Your Talents, the Creativity You Bring To Your Life and the Lives of the People You Love

Posted on September 23, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will have truly defeated age” … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Slavery Is Such An Atrocious Debasement of Human Nature, That Its Very Extirpation, If Not Performed With Solicitous Care, May Sometimes Open A Source of Serious Evils

Posted on March 6, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of serious evils.” -Benjamin Franklin (1789)

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For Bill of Rights Day

Posted on December 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

For Bill of Rights Dayby Michael DoyleTo embark on teaching history of the pastEngages us with the things that lastThe best way of doing this of courseIs to teach things right from the sourceBefore going further, let me just sayHappy … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Families – Far More Than Schools – Create Or Inhibit Life Opportunities

Posted on August 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The main barriers to developing effective policies for income and social mobility is fear of honest engagement in the changes in the American family and the consequences it has wrought. … The family is the source of life and growth. … Continue reading →

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