Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: The Happiness of Your Life Depends Upon the Quality of Your Thoughts

Posted on February 7, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”– Marcus Aurelius, in Meditations

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First Principles: The Constitution Is the Guide Which I Will Never Abandon

Posted on February 6, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

” The Constitution Is the Guide Which I Will Never Abandon.” – George Washington

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First Principles: Had Every Athenian Citizen Been A Socrates, Every Athenian Assembly Would Still Have Been A Mob

Posted on February 5, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.” – James Madison (1788)

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First Principles: I Am Willing To Know the Whole Truth; To Know the Worst and To Provide For It

Posted on February 4, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might cost, I … Continue reading →

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First Principles: As For Me and My Household, We Will Serve the Lord

Posted on February 3, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Great Desideratum In Government Is, So To Modify the Sovereignty As That It May Be Sufficiently Neutral Between Different Parts of the Society To Control One Part From Invading the Rights of Another

Posted on February 2, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The great desideratum in Government is, so to modify the sovereignty as that it may be sufficiently neutral between different parts of the Society to controul one part from invading the rights of another, and at the same time sufficiently … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Universal Peace…Is In the Catalog of Events, Which Will Never Exist

Posted on February 1, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“A universal peace, it is to be feared, is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary philosophers, or in the breasts of benevolent enthusiasts.” – James Madison (1792)

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First Principles: War Is When the Government Tells You Who the Bad Guy Is. Revolution Is When You Decide That For Yourself

Posted on January 31, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

” War Is When the Government Tells You Who the Bad Guy Is. Revolution Is When You Decide That For Yourself” – Benjamin Franklin

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First Principles: Every Country Has the Government It Deserves

Posted on January 30, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Every country has the government it deserves.” – Joseph de Maistre

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First Principles: In Our Private Pursuits It Is A Great Advantage That Every Honest Employment Is Deemed Honorable

Posted on January 29, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“In our private pursuits it is a great advantage that every honest employment is deemed honorable.” – Thomas Jefferson (1795)

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