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First Principles: Equal Laws Protecting Equal Rights; the Best Guarantee of Loyalty and Love of Country
“Equal laws protecting equal rights; the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country.” – James Madison (1820)
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First Principles: In Selecting Men For Office, Let Principle Be Your Guide. Regard Not the Particular Sect Or Denomination of the Candidate – Look At His Character
“In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate — look to his character.” – Noah Webster (1789)
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First Principles: In All Very Numerous Assemblies, of Whatever Character Composed, Passion Never Fails To Wrest the Scepter From Reason
“In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever character composed, passion never fails to wrest the scepter from reason.” – James Madison , Federalist No. 55 (February 15,1788)
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First Principles: Nothing Was More To Be Desired Than That Every Practicable Obstacle Should Be Opposed To Cabal, Intrigue, and Corruption
“Nothing was more to be desired than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption. These most deadly adversaries of republican government might naturally have been expected to make their approaches from more than one querter, … Continue reading
First Principles: Knowledge Is, In Every Country, the Surest Basis of Public Happiness
“Knowledge is, in every country, the surest basis of public happiness.” – George Washington (1790)
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First Principles: Trust In the Lord With All Your Heart, and Do Not Lean On Your Own Understanding
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.” – Proverbs 3:5
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First Principles: Laws, To Be Just, Must Give A Reciprocation of Right; That, Without This, They Are Mere Arbitrary Rules of Conduct, Founded In Force
“We lay it down as a fundamental, that laws, to be just, must give a reciprocation of right; that, without this, they are mere arbitrary rules of conduct, founded in force, and not in conscience” – Thomas Jefferson, Notes on … Continue reading
First Principles: It Is Necessary For Every American…To Endeavor To Stop the Dissemination of Principles, ..Destructive of the Cause For Which They Have Bled
“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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First Principles: Never Suppose That In Any Possible Situation, Or Under Any Circumstances, It Is Best For You To Do A Dishonorable Thing
“Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you … Continue reading
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