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First Principles: Tyranny and Oppression Will Come To America In the Name of Fighting Some Foreign Enemy
“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” -James Madison, fourth US president (16 Mar 1751-1836) Power corrupts, right? There is no greater time that those in power have … Continue reading
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First Principles: Tyranny Over Man’s Mind Is Unacceptable
“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” – Thomas Jefferson (1800)
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Thought For the Day: Children Should Be Raised Strong Enough To Withstand Tryanny
“Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.” – Rev. Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
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Thought For the Day: Those Who Cannot Achieve In Freedom, Clamor For Power
“Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.” – Eric Hoffer (1902-1983)
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First Principles: Disarming the People Is the Surest Way To Enslaving Them
“I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.” — George Mason, Speech During Virginia’s Convention to Ratify the Constitution, 1788 … Continue reading
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First Principles: Tyranny Can Appear Under Any Form of Government
“The outstretched arm of tyranny … may appear under any mode or form of government.” – Mercy Warren (1805) And that is precisely what is going on with this witch hunt against the Trump Administration. Revealed again in recent testimony … Continue reading
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Virtue In the Vicious
Virtue In the Vicious by Michael Romani I don’t want to start a rumor Especially not one that might prove a tumor Wracking its damage on our society But looking back on the pages of history I will stand true … Continue reading
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Tagged Harsh, History, Legacy, Liberty, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Progressives, Regressive, Truth, Tyranny, United States, Virtue
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First Principles: The Accumulation of Power Into Few Hands Leads To Tyranny
“The accumulation of all powers … in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” —James Madison (1788) in Federalist Paper, No. 47 This … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: The Strong Must Be Just
“Justice without force is impotent. Force without justice is tyranny. Unable to make what is just strong, we have made what is strong just.” —Blaise Pascal (1623- 1662) And so it is as it must be, we must be both … Continue reading
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