Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: 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

Posted on October 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“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 Principles: Whoever Would Overthrow the Liberty of A Nation Must Begin By Subduing the Freedom of Speech, A Thing Terrible To Traitors

Posted on October 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech; which is the right of every man as far as by it he does not hurt or … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Nothing Is More Essential To the Establishment of Manners In A State Than That All Persons Employed In Places of Power and Trust Must Be Men of Unexceptionable Characters

Posted on October 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.” – Samuel Adams (1775)

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First Principles: If the Citizens Neglect Their Duty and Place Unprincipled Men In Office, the Government Will Soon Be Corrupted

Posted on October 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . . If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect … Continue reading →

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First Principles: States, Like Individuals, Who Observe Their Engagements, Are Respected and Trusted: While the Reverse Is the Fate of Those Who Pursue Opposite Conduct

Posted on October 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.” – Alexander Hamilton (1790)

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First Principles: It Is In the Interest of Tyrants To Reduce the People To Ignorance and Vice. For They Cannot Live In Any Country Where Virtue and Knowledge Prevail.

Posted on October 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.” – Samuel Adams

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First Principles: If…There Be Any Kindness I Can Show, Or Any Good Thing I Can Do To Any Fellow Being, Let Me Do It Now…I Shall Not Pass This Way Again

Posted on October 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Accept the One Whose Faith Is Weak, Without Quarreling Over Disputable Matters

Posted on October 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters.” – Romans 14:1 NIV

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First Principles: It Should Be Our Endeavor To Cultivate the Peace and Friendship of Every Nation

Posted on October 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

““It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation.” – Thomas Jefferson (1787)

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First Principles: It Will Not Be Denied That Power Is Of An Encroaching Nature and That It Ought To Be Effectually Restrained From Passing the Limits Assigned To It

Posted on October 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.” – James Madison (1788)

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