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First Principles: The Spirit of Encroachment Tends To Consolidate Power In Government Into Despotism
“The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form of government, a real despotism.” — George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796
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Tagged Consolidate, Despotism, Encroachment, Farewell Address, First Principles, George Washington, Power, Spirit, Tyranny, Uniary
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First Principles: The Harder the Conflict With Tyranny, The More Glorious Is the Triumph
“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” — Thomas Paine, American Crisis, No. 1, 1776
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Tagged American Crisis, Conflict, Conquered, Consolation, First Principles, Glory, Hell, Thomas Paine, Triumph, Tyranny
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Dancer’s Guillotine
Dancer’s Guillotine by Michael Romani It’s a denunciation of distinction A singularity calling out its fascination The deepest feeling, reeling in my heart The point from which surrealism departs This world is a chaotic scene of violence Shown to you … Continue reading
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Tagged American Tragedy, Benevolence, Broken Window, Compassion, Dancer, Empathy, Experience, Guillotine, Impact, Introspection, Irony, Life, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Politics, Singularity, Soul, Sway, Tyranny, Violence
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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 23: In A World Without God
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 23 and the challenge is to write something pertinent to the incorporation of spoken word overheard or part of the fabric of surrounding society. In that all language more or less falls under these broad categories, I selected … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Propaganda Infused On Children Is Difficult To Uproot
“Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” – Lenin
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Tagged Education, Lenin, Propaganda, Seed, Sown, Thought For the Day, Transform, Tyranny
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First Principles: The Right To Bear Arms Protects The People From Tyranny
“The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation … forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of.” … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd Amendment, Ambition, America, Defense, First Principles, Inalienable Right, Right to Bear Arms, Tyranny, We The People
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Eye of the Beholder
The next in the series of poems based on now Episode 6 of Season 2 of the Twilight Zone for my eldest princess: Eye of the Beholder by Michael Romani Suspended in a time and space of harshness Miss Janet … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Conformity, Eye of the Beholder, Ghetto, Normalacy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prejudice, Standard, The Twilight Zone, Tyranny, Ugliness
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Palm Sunday 2018
Palm Sunday 2018 by Michael Romani In the mindset of the times A saint’s acts could be crimes But even the king had come To learn of the coming Kingdom Wall to wall in observance Passover spoke of perseverance To … Continue reading
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Tagged Belong, Crime, Cross, Donkey, Grace, Humility, King, Kingdom Come, Monarchy, Observance, Palm Sunday, Palms, Passover, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Saint, Sin, Tyranny, Wash Away
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First Principles: Without Free Thought There Cannot Be Free Speech, Public Liberty Or Wisdom
“Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.” – Benjamin Franklin (1722)
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, First Principles, Free Government, Free Speech, Free Thought, Freedom, Pillar, Public Liberty, Tyranny, Wisdom
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