Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: Beware Lest You Lose the Substance By Grasping At the Shadow

Posted on April 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.” -Aesop (c. 620–564 BC)

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First Principles: It Is the Manners and Spirit of A People Which Preserve A Republic In Vigor

Posted on April 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)

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First Principles: It Is Very Imprudent To Deprive America of Any of Her Privileges

Posted on April 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It is very imprudent to deprive America of any of her privileges. If her commerce and friendship are of any importance to you, they are to be had on no other terms than leaving her in the full enjoyment of … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A New Commandment I Give To You, That You Love One Another, As I Have Loved You, That You Also Love One Another

Posted on April 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” – (John 13:34)

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First Principles: It Is the Duty of All Nations To Acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, To Obey His Will, To Be Grateful For His Benefits, and Humbly Implore His Protection and Favors

Posted on April 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.” – George Washington

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First Principles: The Problem To Be Solved Is, Not What Form of Government Is Perfect, Which of the Forms Is Least Imperfect

Posted on April 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a misfortune. This necessity however exists; and the problem to be solved is, not what form … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Democracies Have Ever Been Spectacles of Turbulence and Contention; Have Ever Been Found Incompatible With Personal Security or the Rights of Property

Posted on April 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Ordaining of Laws In Favor of One Part of the Nation, To the Prejudice and Oppression of Another, Is Certainly the Most Erroneous and Mistaken Policy

Posted on April 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Direction of War Most Peculiarly Demands Those Qualities Which Distinguish the Exercise of power By A Single Hand

Posted on April 4, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Of all the cares or concerns of government, the direction of war most peculiarly demands those qualities which distinguish the exercise of power by a single hand. The direction of war implies the direction of the common strength; and the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: He That Goes A Borrowing Goes A Sorrowing

Posted on April 3, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.” – Benjamin Franklin (1758)

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