Tag Archives: Tyranny

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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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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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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First Principles: We Must Be Equal Before the Law or Equally Enslaved

“In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because they are nothing.” – Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755)    

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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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