Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: Where An Excess of Power Prevails, Property of No Sort Is Duly Respected. No Man Is Safe In His Opinions, His Person, His Faculties, Or His Possessions

Posted on June 9, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.” – James Madison

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First Principles: Perpetuity Is Stamped Upon the Constitution By the Blood of Our Fathers

Posted on June 8, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Perpetuity is stamped upon the Constitution by the blood of our fathers.” – Andrew Jackson

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First Principles: May He Be Blessed By the Lord, Whose Kindness Has Not Forsaken the Living Or the Dead

Posted on June 7, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“May he be blessed by the LORD, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!” – Ruth 2:20

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First Principles: The Liberties of A People Never Were, Nor Ever Will Be, Secure, When the Transactions of Their Rulers May Be Concealed From Them

Posted on June 6, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.” – Patrick Henry

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First Principles: I Believe the Bible To Be the Written Word of God and To Contain In It the Whole Rule of Faith and Manners

Posted on June 5, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“I believe the Bible to be the written Word of God and to contain in it the whole rule of faith and manners.” – Robert Treat Paine

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First Principles: The Evils We Experience Flow From the Excess of Democracy. The People Do Not Want Virtue, But Are the Dupes of Pretended Patriots

Posted on June 4, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended patriots.” – Elbridge Gerry

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First Principles: Between A Balanced Republic and A Democracy, the Difference Is Like That Between Order and Chaos

Posted on June 1, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.” – John Marshall

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First Principles: What More Shall I Say? I Do Not Have Time To Tell About Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah…Who Through Faith Conquered Kingdoms, Administered Justice, and Gained What Was Promised

Posted on May 31, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Knowledge Will Forever Govern Ignorance; and A People Who Mean To Be Their Own Governors Must Arm Themselves With the Power Knowledge Gives

Posted on May 30, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” – James Madison

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First Principles: This Country Cannot Afford To Be Materially Rich and Spiritually Poor

Posted on May 29, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.” – John F. Kennedy Happy Anniversary of your birth, Mr. President!

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