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Category Archives: First Principles
First Principles: Gratitude Bestows Reverence, Allowing Us To Encounter Everyday Epiphanies…That Change Forever How We Experience Life and the World
“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” – John Milton
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Tagged Awe, Change, Encounter, Epiphany, Experiece, First Principles, Gratitude, John Milton, Life, Reverence, The World, Transcendent Moments
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First Principles: It Is One of My Sources of Happiness Never To Desire A Knowledge of Other People’s Business
“It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people’s business.” – Dolly Madison Maybe we’d all be best advised to live more this way than to seek to undermine each other all the … Continue reading
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First Principles: Commercial Policy Should Hold and Equal and Impartial Hand: Neither Seeking Nor Granting Exclusive Favours or Preferences
“Harmony, liberal intercourse with all Nations, are recommended by policy, humanity and interest. But even our Commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand: neither seeking nor granting exclusive favours or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing … Continue reading
First Principles: National Defense Is One of the Cardinal Duties of A Statesman
“National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman.” – John Adams (1815)
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First Principles: Let There Be No Change By Usurpation; For Though This, In One Instance, May Be the Instrument of the Good, It Is the Customary Weapon By Which Free Governments Are Destroyed
“If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change … Continue reading
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First Principles: Only A Virtuous People Are Capable of Freedom. As Nations Become Corrupt and Vicious, They Have More Need of Masters
“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” – Benjamin Franklin
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First Principles: For Everything That Was Written To Teach Us, So That Through the Endurance Taught In the Scriptures and the Encouragement They Provide We Might Have Hope
“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope. “ – Romans 15:4 NIV
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First Principle: I Am Opposed To Any Form of Tyranny Over the Mind of Man
“I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man.” – Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship With All Nations; Entangling Alliances With None
“Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.” – Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: One Useless Man Is A Shame, Two Is A Law Firm, and Three Is A Congress
“One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three is a Congress.” – John Adams
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