Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: I Will Give Them An Undivided Heart and Put A New Spirit In Them; I Will Remove From Them Their Heart of Stone and Give Them A Heart of Flesh

Posted on August 30, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.” – Ezekiel 11:19

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First Principles: Let Us Tenderly and Kindly Cherish Therefore, the Means of Knowledge. Let Us Dare To Read, Think, Speak, and Write

Posted on August 29, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Let us tenderly and kindly cherish therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write .” – John Adams

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First Principles: Leadership Is Not Only Having A Vision, But Also Having the Courage, the Discipline, and the Resources To Get You There

Posted on August 28, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Leadership is not only having a vision, but also having the courage, the discipline, and the resources to get you there.” – George Washington

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First Principles: If We Must Disagree, Let’s Disagree Without Being Disagreeable

Posted on August 27, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.” – Lyndon Baines Johnson

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First Principles: We Have Staked the Future of All Our Political Constitutions Upon the Capacity of Each of Ourselves To Govern Ourselves According To the Moral Principles of the Ten Commandments

Posted on August 26, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according … Continue reading →

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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 August 25, 2026 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: Religion Is the Only Solid Base of Morals and That Morals Are the Only Possible Support of Free Governments

Posted on August 24, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Religion is the only solid Base of morals and that Morals are the only possible Support of free governments.” – Gouverneur Morris

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First Principles: For To Us A Child Is Born, To Us A Son Is Given…And He Will Be Called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace

Posted on August 23, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” – Isaiah 9:6 NIV

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First Principles: As To My Title, I Know Not Wheter It Will Be Honorable or Dishonorable, the Issue of the War Must Settle It. Perhaps Our Congress Will Be Exalted On A High Gallows

Posted on August 22, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“As to my Title, I know not yet whether it will be honourable or dishonourable, the issue of the War must Settle it. Perhaps our Congress will be Exalted on a high Gallows.” – Abraham Clark

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First Principles: Difficulties Are Meant To Rouse, Not Discourage. The Human Spirit Is To Grow Strong By Conflict

Posted on August 21, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” William Ellery Channing

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