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First Principles: When the Ancients Said A Work Well Begun Was Half Done, They Meant To Impress the Importance of Always Endeavoring To Make A Good Beginning
“When the ancients said a work well begun was half done, they meant to impress the importance of always endeavoring to make a good beginning.” – Polybius But to that good beginning, there must be follow-through to achieve an equivalent … Continue reading
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First Principles: Political Science Carries Inseparably With It the Study of Piety, and That He Who Is Not Pious Cannot Be Truly Wise
“Political Science carries inseparably with it the study of piety, and that he who is not pious cannot be truly wise.” – Giambattiista Vico
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First Principles: The Constitutions of Most of Our States Assert That All Power Is Inherent In the People; That…It Is Their Right and Duty To Be At All Times Armed
“The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.“– Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: The Freedom For Which They Died, Must Endure and Prosper…Freedom Is Not Bought Cheaply. It Has A Cost
“The United States and the freedom for which it stands, the freedom for which they died, must endure and prosper. Their lives remind us that freedom is not bought cheaply. It has a cost; it imposes a burden. And just … Continue reading
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First Principles: But Gideon Said To Them, “I Will Not Rule Over You, Nor Shall My Son Rule Over You; the Lord Shall Rule Over You
“But Gideon said to them, ‘I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; the Lord shall rule over you.’”– Judges 8:23
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First Principles: Democracy Will Soon Degenerate Into An Anarchy…No Man’s Life Or Property Or Reputation Or Liberty Will Be Secure
“[D]emocracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man’s life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these … Continue reading
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First Principles: To the Distinguished Character of Patriot, It Should Be Our Highest Glory To Add the More Distinguished Character of Christian
“While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: When the Impossible Has Been Eliminated, All That Remains No Matter How Improbable Is Possible
“When the impossible has been eliminated, all that remains no matter how improbable is possible.”– Arthur Conan Doyle
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First Principles: I Am Not Influenced By The Expectation of Promotion or Pecuniary Reward. I Wish To Be Useful, and Every Kind of Service Necessary For the Public Good, Becomes Honorable By Being Necessary
“I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, becomes honorable by being necessary. If the exigencies of my country demand a … Continue reading
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First Principles: It’s Not What We Profess, But What We Practice That Gives Us Integrity
“It’s not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.” – Francis Bacon
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