Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: Government Has No Right To Control Individual Liberty Beyond What Is Necessary To the Safety and Well-Being of Society

Posted on February 11, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Government has no right to control individual liberty beyond what is necessary to the safety and well-being of society. Such is the boundary which separates the power of the government and the liberty of the citizen or subject in the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The World Is A Severe Schoolmaster, For Its Frowns Are Less Dangerous Than Its Smiles and Flatteries, and It Is A Difficult Task To Keep In the Path of Wisdom

Posted on February 10, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult task to keep in the path of wisdom.” – Phillis Wheatley

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First Principles: A Body of Men Holding Themselves Accountable To Nobody Ought Not To Be Trusted By Anybody

Posted on February 9, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.” – Thomas Paine

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First Principles: By Faith Abraham, When Called To Go To A Place He Would Later Receive His Inheritance, Obeyed and Went

Posted on February 8, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.” – Hebrews 11:8 NIV

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First Principles: Were I To Personify Justice, Instead of Presenting Her Blind, I Would Denominate Her the Goddess of Fire…Of Unbending Integrity

Posted on February 7, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Were I to personify Justice, instead of presenting her blind, I would denominate her the goddess of fire. . . Of unbending integrity Justice should feel, hear and see; but truth alone should be the polar star by which she … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It’s Hard, When You’re Up To Your Armpits In Alligators, To Remember You Came Here To Drain the Swamp

Posted on February 6, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“It’s hard, when you’re up to your armpits in alligators, to remember you came here to drain the swamp.” – Ronald Reagan

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First Principles: A True and Faithful Christian Does Not Make Holy Living An Accidental Thing. It Is His Great Concern…The Business of the Christian Is To Be Like Christ

Posted on February 5, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ.” – Jonathan … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Here Every Man May Be Master and Owner of His Owne Labour and Land…If Have Nothing But His Hands, He May… By Industrie Quickly Grow Rich

Posted on February 4, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Here every man may be master and owner of his owne labour and land…If he have nothing but his hands, he may…by industrie quickly grow rich.” – John Smith

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First Principles: No Longer A Government By Free Opinion… and the Vote of the Majority, But A Government By the Opinion and Duress of A Small Group of Dominant Men

Posted on February 3, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Right To Discuss Freely and Openly…All Political Questions…Is A Right So Clear and Certain…That Without It We Must Fall Into Despotism

Posted on February 2, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“The right to discuss freely and openly, by speech, by the pen, by the press, all political questions, and to examine the animadvert upon all political institutions is a right so clear and certain, so interwoven with our other liberties, … Continue reading →

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