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First Principles: It Is Error Alone Which Needs the Support of Government. Truth Can Stand By Itself
“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors?” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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Tagged Coercion, Error Alone, First Principles, Government, Inquisitors, Needs, Opinion, Stand By Itself, Support, Thomas Jefferson, Truth
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First Principles: It Is Error Alone Which Needs the Support of Government. Truth Can Stand By Itself.
“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors?” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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Tagged Alone, Coercion, Error, First Principles, Inquisitors, Opinion, Stand By Itself, Support of Government, Thomas Jefferson, Truth
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Thought For the Day: The Justification and the Purpose of Speech…Is To Prevent Error and Discover Truth
“The justification and the purpose of freedom of speech is not to indulge those who want to speak their minds. It is to prevent error and discover truth. There may be other ways of detecting error and discovering truth than … Continue reading
Na/GloPoWriMo #14: Quis ut Deus?
Na/GloPoWriMo #14: Quis ut Deus?by Michael DoyleMay parents had their preferenceBut my life has whispered its reverenceMaybe they meant to play oracle?But like the archangel’s rhetoricalThis name is a bit battle wornAs a soldier speaks on behalf of the forlornAnd … Continue reading
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Tagged Archangel, Battle Worn, Believe, Dedication, Lord's Warrior, Na/GloPoWriMo, Parents, Poetry and Poems, Quis Ut Deus?, Revelation, Reverence, Satan, Scorn, Sleeve, Soldier, Song for the Sea, Truth
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Thought For the Day: The Truth That Makes Men Free Is For the Most Part the Truth Which Men Prefer Not To Hear
“The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.” – Herbert Sebastien Agar (1897-1980)
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Tagged Herbert Sebastien Agar, Makes, Men Free, Most Part, Not To Hear, Prefer, Thought For the Day, Truth
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Na/GloPoWriMo #10: On Bended Knee
Na/GloPoWriMo #10: On Bended Kneeby Michael DoyleThere much stronger in its placeHidden behind such a pretty faceIs a heart that beats stronger yetAnd a love that I will never forgetThough my heart is oft a deceiverI am blessed that you … Continue reading
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Tagged All Honesty, Beats, Behind, Believer, Best of Me, Beyond What I See, Blessed, Books, Chain, Clear, Closer, Concession, Confession, Cross, Deceiver, End of My Life, Faithful, Give My Heart, Heart, Hidden, Know Myself, Look Into Your Eyes, Love, My Dear Wife, My Love, My Prayer, Na/GloPoWriMo, Neck, Never Forget, Night, Not In Vain, On Bended Knee, Place, Poetry and Poems, Pretty Face, Shelf, Sin, Speak This, Stronger, To Thee, Truth, Truth of You, Worse, You, You Are Truly
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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 1: Distorted Images
Na/GloPoWriMo* Day 1: Distorted Imagesby Michael DoyleI’ve learned in lifeTo keep each distortionThat brings me strifeIn their due proportionSeeing as clear as possibleDoing what I can to be capableTo do away with what’s improbableAnd live my best life as inescapableLooking … Continue reading
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Tagged All Things Shall Pass, Always Are, Best Life, Blue, Capable, Certain, Deceived, Dim, Distorted, Distorted Image, Due Proportion, Glass, Illusion, Improbable, Learn, Living Life, Mirror, My Best, Na/GloPoWriMo, Poetry and Poems, Possible, Recall, Rise or Fall, Seeing Clear, Shade, Since Youth, Sky, Stare, Stars, Strife, Sun, Test, Truth, View
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