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First Principles: Resistance To Tyranny Is the Christian and Social Duty of Each Individual
“Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual. … Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, Defend, Dependence, Duty, First Principles, Gave, God, Heaven, Individual, John Hancock, Man, Proper Sense, Resistance, Right, Social, Steadfast, Take, Tyranny
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First Principles: We Cannot Make Financial Matters Right By Taking From One What He Has Honestly Acquired To Give to Another Who Has Not Earned
“The indiscriminate denunciation of the rich is mischievous…. No poor man was ever made richer or happier by it. It is quite as illogical to despise a man because he is rich as because he is poor. Not what a … Continue reading
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Tagged Acquire, Benjamin Harrison, Bestow, Class, Denounce, Despise, First Principles, Has, Honest, Illogical, Indiscriminate, Is, Man, Matters, Mischief, Nother, Poor, Rich, Right, Settle, Take, Unearned
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Love People
Trust, love; love, trust… hmm Love People by Michael Romani Stop trusting people Love the people And let them be Love them in being free Love them no matter what Believing them for their lot To offer and share Giving … Continue reading
First Principles: When Legislators Take and Destroy the Property of the People or Reduce the People To Slavery, the People Are Absolved From Further Obedience
“Whenever legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolve, Arbitrary Power, Destroy, First Principles, John Locke, Legislature, Obedience, Property, Reduce, Slavery, State of War, Take, The People
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On the Importance of Forgiveness
Turns out that forgiving is the healthy thing to do, not just for others, but for yourself as well: On the Importance of Forgiveness by Michael Romani Emotional blockages put us ill at ease And this manifests itself in physical … Continue reading
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Tagged Acid, Anger, Animosity, Blame, Brain, Burdent, Communicate, Confession, Cycle, Disease, Drama, Emotional Blockage, Fire, Forgive, Forgiveness, Fright, Game, Give, God, Heal, Heart, Ill At Ease, Inflammation, Inner Child, Judgment, Learn, Let Go, Letting Go, Live, Mercy, Moment, Path, Pause, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Realize, Serenity, Soul, Strain, Stress, Take, Temple, Trauma
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First Principles: Resistance To Tyranny Is the Christian and Social Duty of Each Person
“Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual …Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.”. – … Continue reading
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Tagged Chistian, Defend, Dependence, Duty, First Principles, God, Haven, Individual, John Hancock, Man, Resist, Rights, Social, Steadfast, Take, Tyranny
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To Harvest the Wind: School Daze
Part I in a series under development: To Harvest the Wind: School Daze by Michael Romani I. A breeze touches the savanna grass As the tribesmen dance in a pass Harvesting corn; some barely living This harsh life can be … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Africa, Brutal, Corn, Daze, Decision, Democracy, Dream, Education, Engrave, Fire, Fruit, Government, Harsh Life, Harvest, Headmaster, High Stakes, Jungle, Kindness, Know, Kuefesa, Legacy, Life, Morn, Opportunity, Peace, Photograph, Plant, Poem, Poetry, Poverty, Prayer, Price, Rain, Savanna, School, School Clothes, Seeds, Sky, Sow, Struggle, Take, Tobacco, Tribe, Village, Water, Wind
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