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First Principles: Determine Never To Be Idle…It is Wonderful How Much May Be Done, If We Are Always Doing

Posted on December 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Determine never to be idle. … It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.” – Thomas Jefferson (1787)

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Thought For the Day: I Wish We Could Put Up Some of the Christmas Spirit In Jars and Open A Jar of It Every Month

Posted on December 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.”– Harlan Miller

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Finally Stilled

Posted on November 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Finally Stilledby Michael DoyleWe dance our danceWhispering our romanceUnder the Milky WayFinding tomorrow every dayIn every touch that we shareFinding truth revealed in careKnowing loneliness in our absenceFinding need for each other’s presenceSome say love is a form of weaknessThey … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Fight Not To Enslave, But To Set A Country Free and To Make Room Upon the Earth For Honest Men To Live In

Posted on November 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.” – Thomas Paine (1777)

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Thought For the Day: It’s Precisely Because COVID-19 Has Shown Us That Life Is So Fragile That We Should Make A Priority To Actually Live It

Posted on November 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It’s precisely because COVID-19 has shown us that life is so fragile that we should make a priority to actually live it.” – Karol Marcowicz

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First Principles: We Should Be Unfaithful To Ourselves If We Should Ever Lose Sight of the Danger To Our Liberties If Anything Partial…Infect the Purity of Our Free…Elections

Posted on November 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections.” – John Adams (1797)

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First Principles: If the Freedom of Speech Is Taken Away Then Dumb and Silent We May Be Led, Like Sheep, To Slaughter

Posted on October 31, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to slaughter.” – George Washington

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First Principles: Let Us Prepare For the Worst. We Can Die Here But Once

Posted on October 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Let us prepare for the worst. We can die here but once.” – Abraham Clark

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Thought For the Day: Remember, We All Stumble, Every One of Us. That’s Why It’s A Comfort To Go Hand In Hand

Posted on October 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.” – Emily Kimbrough, author and broadcaster (23 Oct 1899-1989)

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Thought For the Day: We are not just flesh, bone and blood, we are human beings with souls. Our republic was formed on the basis that freedom is not a gift from government but that freedom is a gift from God!

Posted on October 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“We are not just flesh, bone and blood, we are human beings with souls. Our republic was formed on the basis that freedom is not a gift from government but that freedom is a gift from God!” – President Donald … Continue reading →

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