Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: To Listen Well Is As Powerful A Means of Communication and Influence As To Talk Well

Posted on September 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.” – John Marshall

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First Principles: One Single Object…(Will Merit) the Endless Gratitude of the Society: That of Restraining the Judges From Usurping Legislation

Posted on September 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“One single object … [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.” – Thomas Jefferson (1825)

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First Principles: The Republican Is the Only Form of Government Which Is Not Eternally At Open Or Secret War With the Rights of Mankind

Posted on September 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.” – Thomas Jefferson, Letter to William Hunter, 1790

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First Principles: No Religious Test Shall Ever Be Required As A Qualification To Any Office Or Public Trust Under the United States

Posted on September 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“No religious test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” – United States Constitution, Article VI, Clause 3

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First Principles: Let Each Citizen Remember At the Moment He Is Over His Vote…He Is Executing One of the Most Solemn Trusts In Human Society

Posted on September 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual – or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Let Justice Be Done Though The Heavens Should Fall

Posted on September 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Let justice be done though the heavens should fall.” – John Adams (1777)

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First Principles: Children Should Be Educated and Instructed In the Principles of Freedom

Posted on September 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.” – John Adams (1787)

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First Principles: The Judicial Branch May Truly Be Said To Have Neither Force Nor Will, But Merely Judgment

Posted on September 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“[The judicial branch] may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm even for the efficacy of its judgments.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)

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First Principles: Personal Security and Private Property Rest Entirely Upon the Wisdom, the stability and the Integrity of the Courts of Justice

Posted on September 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.” – Joseph Story (1833)

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First Principles: A People Who Would Stand Fast In Their Liberty Should Furnish Themselves With Weapons Proper For Their Defense and Learn the Use of Them

Posted on September 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“A people who would stand fast in their liberty, should furnish themselves with weapons proper for their defence, and learn the use of them. It is indeed an hard case, that those who are happy in the blessings of providence, … Continue reading →

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