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First Principles: When We Are Planning For Posterity, We Ought To Remember That Virtue Is Not Hereditary

Posted on September 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” – Thomas Paine (1776)

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First Principles: If We Can Prevent the Government From Wasting the Labors of the People, Under the Pretense of Taking Care of Them, They Must Become Happy

Posted on September 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy.” – Thomas Jefferson (1802)

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First Principles: The Deterioration of Every Government Begins With the Decay of the Principles On Which It was Founded

Posted on September 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.” – Baron de Montesquieu

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Posted on September 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Whoever Would Overthrow the Liberty of A Nation Must Begin By Subduing the Freeness of Speech” – Benjamin Franklin

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First Principles: The Reading of All Good Books Is Like A Conversation With the Finest Minds of Past Centuries

Posted on September 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The Reading of All Good Books Is Like A Conversation With the Finest Minds of Past Centuries.” – Rene Descartes

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First Principles: To Prevent Crimes Is the Noblest End and Aim of Criminal Jurisprudence

Posted on September 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“To prevent crimes, is the noblest end and aim of criminal jurisprudence. To punish them, is one of the means necessary for the accomplishment of this noble end and aim.“ – James Wilson (1790)

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First Principles: Here Comes the Orator! With His Flood of Words and His Drop of Reason

Posted on September 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason.” – Benjamin Franklin (1735)

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First Principles: A General Dissolution of Principles and Manners Will More Surely Overthrow the Liberties of America Than the Whole Force of the Common Enemy

Posted on September 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.” – Samuel Adams (1779)

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First Principles: If Ye Love Wealth Better Than Liberty…Go Home From Us In Peace…May Posterity Forget That You Were Our Countrymen

Posted on August 31, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“If Ye Love Wealth Better Than Liberty, the Tranquility of Servitude Better Than the Animating Contest of Freedom, Go Home From Us In Peace. We Ask Not Your Counsels Or Your Arms. Crouch Down and Lick the Hands Which Feed … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Patriotism Is As Much A Virtue As Justice and Is As Necessary For the Support of Societies As Natural Affection Is For the Support of Families

Posted on August 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.” – Benjamin Rush (1773)

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