Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: Any Government is Free To the People Under It Where the Laws Rule and the People Are A Party To the Laws

Posted on September 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Any government is free to the people under it where the laws rule and the people are a party to the laws.” – William Penn

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First Principles: By Doing Good With His Money, A Man, As It Were, Stamps the Image of God Upon It, and Makes It Pass Current For the Merchandise of Heaven

Posted on September 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“By doing good with his money, a man, as it were, stamps the image of god upon it, and makes it pass current for the merchandise of heaven.” – John Rutledge

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First Principles: To Prevent Crimes Is the Noblest End and the Aim of Criminal Jurisprudence. To Punish Them Is One of the Means Necessary For the Accomplishment of This Noble End and Aim

Posted on September 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“To prevent crimes is the noblest end and aim of criminal jurisprudence. To punish them, is one of the means necessary for the accomplishment of this noble end and aim.” – James Wilson (1790)

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First Principles: Religion and Good Morals Are the Only Solid Foundation of Public Liberty and Happiness

Posted on September 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.” – Samuel Adams, letter to John Trumbull (October 16, 1788)

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First Principles: Let Everyone Be Subject to the Governing Authorities, For There Is No Authority Except That Which God Has Established

Posted on September 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Have No Government Armed With Power Capable of Contending With Human Passions Unbridled By Morality and Religion

Posted on September 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Resistance To Tyranny Becomes the Christian and Social Duty of Each Individual…Nobly Defend Those Rights Which Heaven Gave

Posted on September 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual… Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.” – … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

” For if Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of Mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Justice Is Indiscriminately Due To All, Without Regard To Numbers, Wealth, Or Rank

Posted on September 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Justice is indiscriminately due to all, without regard to numbers, wealth, or rank” – John Jay, in Georgia v. Brailsford (1794)

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First Principles: What Separates the Winners From the Losers Is How A Person Reacts To Each New Twist of Fate

Posted on September 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.” – Donald J. Trump

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