Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: The Plant of Liberty Is So Tender That It Cannot Thrive In the Neighborhood of Slavery

Posted on April 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Ye men of sense and virtue – Ye advocates for American Liberty, rouse up and espouse the cause of humanity and general liberty. Bear a testimony against a vice which degrades human nature, and dissolves that universal tie of benevolence … Continue reading →

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First Principles: However Weak Our Country May Be, I Hope We Shall Never Sacrifice Our Liberties

Posted on April 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“However weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties. .” – Alexander Hamilton

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First Principles: A Rigid Economy of the Public Contributions and Absolute Interdiction of All Useless Expenses Will Go Far Towards Keeping Government Honest and Unoppressive

Posted on April 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive.” – Thomas Jefferson, in Letter to Lafayette (1823)

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First Principles: Those Who Stand For Nothing Fall For Everything

Posted on April 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.” – Alexander Hamilton

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First Principles: Marriage Is…the Most Natural State of Mankind…It Is the Man and Woman United That Makes the Complete Human Being

Posted on April 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Marriage is…the most natural state of man, and therefore the state in which you are most likely to find solid happiness…. It is the man and woman united that makes the complete human being….. man has not nearly the value … Continue reading →

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First Principles: When All Government Is Drawn To Washington, We Will Be Rendered Powerless To Check Oppression

Posted on April 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“When all government, domestic and foreign, in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another, and will become as venal … Continue reading →

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First Principles: No Person Shall Be Harmed For Worshipping God In the Manner Most Agreeable To Their Own Conscience

Posted on April 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Freedom Is A Gift From God and Not To Be Alienated By Mankind and Voluntarily Become A Slave

Posted on April 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“If men through fear, fraud or mistake, should in terms renounce and give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the great end of society, would absolutely vacate such renunciation; the right to freedom being the … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

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

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First Principles:

Posted on April 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Religion in a Family is at once its brightest Ornament & its best Security.” – Samuel Adams, Letter to Thomas Wells (November 22, 1780)

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