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Thought For the Day: The Most Tyrannical of Governments Are Those Which Make Crimes of Opinions, For Everyone Has An Inalienable Right To His Thoughts

“The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.” – Baruch Spinoza

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How Much Law Is Enough Law?

How Much Law Is Enough Law?by Michael DoyleIt is no secret that laws weren’t to be numerousNor were our laws meant to be written as voluminous Every one of our Founding Fathers made that clearWhen they said as much and … Continue reading

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Worth the Turning of Attention

Worth the Turning of Attentionby Michael DoyleThe time has come and the time is nowTo remember the nation’s virtues somehowBecause when the Left has gotten out of controlThere is virtually nothing to ever consoleThe loss of some fundamental beliefsThat without … Continue reading

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Active Intellect

Active Intellectby Michael DoyleWoke is an attack on accountabilityIt has nothing to do with predictabilityBut instead, an attack on the human soulThe methodology of this is wicked controlLife is meant to be a partnershipAnd not a thing of one-sided worshipThe … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Tyranny Seldom Announces Itself….A Whole Government, Even A Democratically Elected One, May Be Tyrannical

“Tyranny seldom announces itself. … In fact, a tyranny may exist without an individual tyrant. A whole government, even a democratically elected one, may be tyrannical.” – Joseph Sobran (1946-2010)

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First Principles: If the Federal Government Should Overpass the Just Bounds of Its Authority and Make A Tyrannical Use of Its powers, the People,…Must Appeal to the Standard They Have Formed

“If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people, whose creature it is, must appeal to the standard they have formed, and take such measures to redress … Continue reading

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First Principles: A Pure Democracy Is Often the Most Tyrannical and Rash

“A pure democracy is generally a very bad government, it is often the most tyrannical government on earth; for a multitude is often rash, and will not hear reason.” –  Noah Webster, in The Original Blue Back Speller (an instruction book … Continue reading

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