Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: Make Sure That Nobody Pays Back Wrong For Wrong, But Always Strive To Do What Is Good For Each Other and For Everyone Else

“Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else. Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If Religious Books Are Not Widely Circulated Among the Masses In This Country, I Do Not Know What Is Going To Become of Us As A Nation. If Truth Is Not Diffused, Then Error Will Be

“If religious books are not widely circulated among the masses in this country, I do not know what is going to become of us as a nation. If truth be not diffused, then error will be. If God and His … Continue reading →

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First Principles: There Is But One Answer To Terrorism, and It is Best Delivered With A Winchester Rifle

“There is but one answer to terrorism, and it is best delivered with a Winchester rifle.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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First Principles: Strong Hearts and Helpful Hands Are Needed, and Fortunately, We Have Them In Every Part of Our Beloved Country

“Strong Hearts and Helpful Hands Are Needed, and, Fortunately, We Have Them In Every Part of Our Beloved Country” – William McKinley

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First Principles: God Forbid That the Day Should Ever Come When, In the American Mind, the Thought of Man As A Consumer Shall Submerge the Old American Thought of Man As A Creature of God

“God forbid that the day should ever come when, in the American mind, the thought of man as a consumer shall submerge the old American thought of man as a creature of God, endowed with unalienable rights.” – Benjamin Harrison

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First Principles: The Laws Should Be Rigidly Enforced Which Prohibit the Immigration of A Servile Class To Compete With American Labor, With No Intention of Acquiring Citizenship

“The laws should be rigidly enforced which prohibit the immigration of a servile class to compete with American labor, with no intention of acquiring citizenship, and bringing with them and retaining habits and customs repugnant to our civilization.” – Grover … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Budget Should Be Balanced Not By More Taxes, But By Reduction of Follies

“The budget should be balanced not by more taxes, but by reduction of follies.” – Herbert Hoover

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First Principles: But Stephen, Full of the Holy Spirit, Looked Up To Heaven and Saw the Glory of God, and Jesus Standing At the Right Hand of God

But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. – Acts 7:55 NIV

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First Principles: Well, There Doesn’t Seem Anything Else For An Ex-President To Do But To Go Into the Country and Raise Big Pumpkins

“Well, there doesn’t seem anything else for an ex-President to do but to go into the country and raise big pumpkins.” – Cheater A. Arthur

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First Principles: Every Civil Government Is Based Upon Some Religion Or Philosophy of Life. Education In A Nation Will Propagate the Religion of that Nation. In America, the Foundational Religion Was Christianity

“Every civil government is based upon some religion or philosophy of life. Education in a nation will propagate the religion of that nation. In America, the foundational religion was Christianity. And it was sown in the hearts of Americans through … Continue reading →

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