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Category Archives: First Principles
First Principles: No Nation Is Permitted To Live In Ignorance With Impunity
“No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity” – Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God, Eternal Hostility Against Every Form of Tyranny Over the Mind of Man
“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” – Thomas Jefferson (1800)
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First Principles: Do You Not Know That Your Bodies Are Temples of the Holy Spirit, Who Is In You…?
“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” … Continue reading
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First Principles: The More Permanent and Genuine Happiness Is To Be Found In the Sequestered Walks of Connubial Life Than In the Giddy Rounds of Promiscuous Pleasure
“More permanent and genuine happiness is to be found in the sequestered walks of connubial life than in the giddy rounds of promiscuous pleasure.” – George Washington, letter to the Marquis de la Rourie, 1786
First Principles: Liberty, the Greatest of All Earthly Blessings – Give Us That Precious Jewel, and You May Take Every Things Else!
“Will the abandonment of your most sacred rights tend to the security of your liberty? Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings — give us that precious jewel, and you may take every things else!” – Patrick Henry (1788)
First Principles: Those Who Expect To Reap the Blessings of Freedom, Must, Like Men, Undergo the Fatigues of Supporting It
“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.” – Thomas Paine (1777)
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First Principles: To Render Us Again One People Acting As One Nation Should Be the Object of Every Man Really A Patriot
“To render us again one people acting as one nation should be the object of every man really a patriot.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
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First Principles: To Prevent Crimes, Is the Noblest End and Aim of Criminal Jurisprudence. To Punish Them, Is One of the Means Necessary For the Accomplishment
” 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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Thought For the Day: Tyranny Seldom Announces Itself….A Whole Government, Even A Democratically Elected One, May Be Tyrannical
“Tyranny seldom announces itself. … In fact, a tyranny may exist without an individual tyrant. A whole government, even a democratically elected one, may be tyrannical.” – Joseph Sobran (1946-2010)
First Principles: The Best and Only Safe Road To Honor, Glory, and True Dignity Is Justice
“The best and only safe road to honor, glory, and true dignity is justice.” – George Washington (1779)
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