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First Principles: Nothing Is So Contagious As Opinion, Especially On Questions Which, Being Susceptible of Very Different Glosses, Beget In the Mind A Distrust of Itself
“Nothing is so contagious as opinion, especially on questions which, being susceptible of very different glosses, beget in the mind a distrust of itself.” – James Madison (1790)
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First Principles: We Ought To Consider What Is the End of Government Before We Determine Which Is the Best Form
“We ought to consider what is the end of government before we determine which is the best form. Upon this point all speculative politicians will agree that the happiness of society is the end of government, as all divines and … Continue reading
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First Principles: 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
“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: 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
“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 (1792)
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First Principles: If Individuals Be Not Influenced By Moral Principles, It Is In Vain To Look For Public Virtue
“If individuals be not influenced by moral principles, it is in vain to look for public virtue.” – James Madison (1789)
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First Principles: Among the Natural Rights of the Colonists Are These: First, A Right To Life, Secondly to Liberty, and Thirdly To Property; Together With the Right To Defend Them In the Best Manner They Can
“Among the Natural Rights of the Colonists Are These: First, A Right To Life, Secondly to Liberty, and Thirdly To Property; Together With the Right To Defend Them In the Best Manner They Can.” – Samuel Adams
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First Principles: Righteousness From God Comes Through Faith In Jesus Christ To All Who Believe. There Is No Difference, Fall All Have Sinned and Fall Short
“But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for … Continue reading
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First Principles: Every Child In America Should Be Acquainted With His Own Country
“Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life and practice. As soon as he opens his lips, he should rehearse … Continue reading
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First Principles: The Highest State of Liberty Subjects Us to the Law of Nature and the Government of God
“It is our duty to endeavor always to promote the general good; to do to all as we would be willing to be done by were we in their circumstances; to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Our Nation Has Always Sought To Form A More Perfect Union, and Though Not Flawless, It Has Done Better Than Any Other In the History of Mankind
“If you are looking for systemic racism, don’t look in the American story; it can be found in an educational system that has yet to teach true history in its entirety. Our nation has always sought to form a more … Continue reading
