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First Principles: I Am A Friend To Righteous Government…Founded Upon the Principles of Reason and Justice; But I Glory In Publicly Avowing My Eternal Enmity To Tyranny
“Some boast of being friends to government; I am a friend to righteous government, to a government founded upon the principles of reason and justice; but I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.” – John Hancock, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Enmity, First Principles, Friend, Glory, John Hancock, Justice, Principles, Reason, Righteous Government, Tyranny
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First Principles: The Strongest Reason For the People To Retain Their Right To Keep and Bear Arms Is As A Last Resort To Protect Themselves Against Tyranny In Government
“The strongest reason for the people to retain their right to keep and bear arms is as a last resort to protect themselves against tyranny in government.” Thomas Jefferson, in the Draft of the Virginia Constitution (June 1776)
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Thought For the Day: Secrecy Is the Keystone of All Tyranny. Not Force, But Secrecy…Censorship
“I began to sense faintly that secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy…censorship. When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, “This you may not read, this you must … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Church, Forbidden, Force, Government, Holy, Keystone, Know, Motives, Oppression, Revolt In 2100 (1953), Robert A. Heinlein, Secrecy, Thought For the Day, Tyranny
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We Will Do the Rest
We Will Do the Restby Michael DoyleWith a little rain and the truest grit Following admonitions to never forget,We’ll know liberty’s tree from its roots grownTo the top of freedom’s leaves, deeply flowing.We’ve driven the distance to see the sightsAcross … Continue reading
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Tagged Adoninitions, Belong, Constitution, Constitutional Republic, Dare, Daughters, Democracy, Dictum, Distance, Eyes, Failures, Family, Fight, Flowing, Forget, Freedom, Government, Grit, Hearts, Hereditary, Honor, Hope, Improvement, Independence Day, Just Causes, Legendary, Liberty, Mankind, Misunderstanding, My Fault, Necessicty, Nobility, Obama, Poetry and Poems, Posterity, Rain, Republian, Righteous, Roots, Self-Evidenct, Sights, Sing, Song, Start, Stop, Struggle, Talk, Test, The Rest, Think, Thought, Tree, Trust, Truth, Tyranny, Unalienable Rights, Walk, We
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The Stealth of Decisions Made
The Stealth of Decisions Madeby Michael DoyleWhatever we do militarily and strategicallyIs to protect the American people from our enemies.The trick is in believing exactly what we’re seeing.Every move made is made for America’s well-being.Trump isn’t breaking promises about avoiding … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliance, America First, American Good, American People, Appease, Ascendency, Axis of Evil, Believe, Bonds, Capability, Cause, China, Communism, Conflice, Decision, Defend, Elites, EMP Technology, Enemies, Evil, Extremism, Fall of the Shah, Foes, Forces For Freedom, Free Pass, Gaza, Global Struggle, Iran, Israel, Just This Far, Killing Capibility, Killing Stroke, Measure and Capability, Middle East, Military, Natural Friends, Natural Gas, Natural Opposition, Necessary, New War, No Kings, Nuclear Technology, Open Secret, Optimism, Peace Negotiations, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Power Blocs, President Trump, Primacy, Promises, Protection, Reason, See, Stealth, Strategy, Struggle, Successs, Terrorism, The Chinese, Tyranny, Useful Tool, Victor's Seat, Well Being, Western Christendom, Wise Men, World War III
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First Principles: The Secret of Freedom Lies In Educating People, Whereas the Secret of Tyranny Is In Keeping Them Ignorant
“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.” – Maximilien Robespierre
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First Principles: I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God Eternal Hostility Against Every Form of Tyranny Over the Mind of Man
“I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Tagged Eternal Hostility, First Principles, Form, Mind of Man, Sworn, The Altar of God, Thomas Jefferson, Tyranny
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Children of Our Sun
Children of Our Sunby Michael DoyleTonight, under the rise of the Cold MoonI realize another year has passed too soonAnd still, old truths bear the necessityOf being repeated with some incredulityDaily chaos brings particles of light That refract under the … Continue reading
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