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A Tale of Christmas In Two Parts
A Tale of Christmas In Two Parts by Michael Romani I I have heard it said That you can eat ’til you’re full And it’s still not enough The excuse to be given “But, it’s Christmas…” And one really shouldn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Photograph, Poems, Poetry, Spirit, Vice, Virtue
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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: Public Debt Is the Biggest Danger To Our Republic
“I … place economy among the first and most important of republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared. … Taxation follows that, and in its turn wretchedness and oppression.” — Thomas Jefferson, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Danger, Economy, First Principles, Oppression, Public Debt, Republic, Taxation, Thomas Jefferson, Virtue
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First Principles: A Government Formed On Virtue Leads To the Greatest Happiness
“If there is a form of government, then, whose principle and foundation is virtue, will not every sober man acknowledge it better calculated to promote the general happiness than any other form?” — John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776 Thoughts … Continue reading
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Tagged First Principles, Foundation, General Happiness, Government, John Adams, Liberty, Thoughts On Government, Virtue
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First Principles: Dependence Begets Subservience
“Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781) The entitlement programs of America have come to be taken for granted. And now, as we watch … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambition, Dependence, First Principles, Subservience, Thomas Jefferson, Tools, Venality, Virtue
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Religio Medici – Sir Thomas Browne
Religio Medici, or, The Religion of A Doctor is the spiritual testament of Sir Thomas Browne and an example of early psychological self-portrait in words. This work became a European best seller. An interesting side discussion within this work is … Continue reading
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Tagged Harvard Classics, Protestantism, Religio Medici, Sola Fide, Spiritual Testament, Theology, Thomas Browne, Virtue
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Thought For the Day: Do Not Wait For Perfection To Follow Your Heart
“Nothing would be done at all, if a man waited till he could do it so well, that no one could find fault with it.” – Cardinal John Henry Newman One of the concerns faced by many this day is … Continue reading
First Principles: Our Values Must Be Guarded By All Vigilant Citizens
“It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Civil Rights, First Principles, Mercy Warren, Necessity, Religious Rights, Reponsibility, Tyranny, Vigilence, Virtue, We The People
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First Principles: Freedom Is Kept Through Virtue and Knowledge
“If Virtue & Knowledge are diffus’d among the People, they will never be enslav’d. This will be their great Security.” – Samuel Adams, in a Letter to James Warren (February 12, 1779) That is perhaps the striking oddity of so … Continue reading
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First Principles: Republics Are Lost When Flattery Is Favored Over Truth
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, … Continue reading →