Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: Before Any Man Can Be Considered As A Member of Civil Society, He Must Be Considered As A Subject of the Governor of the Universe

Posted on September 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage…Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe.” – James … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Our Constitution Was Made Only For A Moral and Religious People. It Is Wholly Inadequate To the Government of Any Other

Posted on September 23, 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: The Name of American, Which Belongs To You, In Your National Capacity, Must Always Exalt the Just Pride of Patriotism

Posted on September 22, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism.” – George Washington

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First Principles: Let No Debt Remain Outstanding, Except the Continuing Debt To Love One Another, For Whosoever Loves Others Has Fulfilled the Law

Posted on September 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.” – Romans 13:8 NIV

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First Principles: The Latent Causes of Faction Are Thus Sown In the Nature of Man, and We See Them Everywhere Brought Into…the Different Circumstances of Civil Society

Posted on September 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man, and we see them everywhere brought into…the different circumstances of civil society.”– James Madison (1787)

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First Principles: Truth Never Envelops Itself In Mystery, and the Mystery In Which It Is At Any Time Enveloped Is the Work of Its Antagonist, and Never Itself

Posted on September 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Truth never envelops itself in mystery, and the mystery in which it is at any time enveloped is the work of its antagonist, and never of itself.” – Thomas Paine

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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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