Category Archives: First Principles

Thought For the Day: Generally, Societies Flourish and Decline To the Degree These Exercise the Duties of Justice and Humanity

Posted on May 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“As a general truth, communities prosper and flourish, or droop and decline, in just the degree that they practise or neglect to practise the primary duties of justice and humanity.” – William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, Governor, and Senator … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Matters of Faith Must Be Left To the Conviction and Conscience of Every Person

Posted on May 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, “that religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence.” … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Our Republic Is Intended Give Mankind Civil and Religious Liberty

Posted on May 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Courage, then, my countrymen, our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.” – Samuel Adams, Speech at the State House, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Freedom Requires Those Willing to Undergo the Rigors of Supporting It

Posted on May 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.” – Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, No. 4, September 11, 1777

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First Principles: Liberty of Conscience In All Just Things Makes It Impossible That Government Will Degenerate Into Tyranny

Posted on May 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Of the liberty of conscience in matters of religious faith, of speech and of the press; of the trial by jury of the vicinage in civil and criminal cases; of the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus; of the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The End of Our Republic Is Heralded By People Voting Themselves Money

Posted on May 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” – Benjamin Franklin

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First Principles: No Government Has The Power to Contend With Human Passions Unbridled By Morality and Religion

Posted on May 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion… Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Freedom, Not Servitude, Is the Cure For Anarchy; True Faith Is the Cure For Superstition

Posted on May 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy for superstition.” – Edmund Burke, Second Speech on Conciliation with America, The Thirteen Resolutions (3/22/1775)

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First Principles: Mankind Is Born Free, Yet, Everywhere Is In Chains

Posted on May 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” – Jean Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract (1762)

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First Principles: There Has Never Been A Bad Peace or A Good War

Posted on May 20, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“There never was a good war or a bad peace.” – Benjamin Franklin, Letter to Josiah Quincy, September 11, 1783 … but there have been necessary wars nonetheless (me and nearly every other active duty member and Veteran out there)….. … Continue reading →

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