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Category Archives: First Principles
First Principles: Without Morals A Republic Cannot Subsist Any Length of Time
“Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Carroll, Christian, Decry, Duration, Eternal, First Principles, Free Government, Happy, Length, Morality, Morals, Pure, Republic, Secure, Solid Foundation, Sublime, Subsist
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First Principles: Where An Excess of Power Prevails, No Person Is Safe As To Opinion, Person, Faculties or Possessions
“Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.” – James Madison (1792)
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Tagged Excess, Faculties, First Principles, James Madison, Opinion, Person, Possession, Power, Prevail, Property, Respect, Safe
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First Principles: Democracies Are Short Lived Before These Waste, Exhaust and Die By Their Own Hands
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself.” – John Adams Incidentally, the US is not a Democracy. It’s become that both major parties keep misstating this case over and over again. The plain and very … Continue reading
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Tagged Demcoracy, Exhaust, First Principles, History, John Adams, Long, Murder, Waste
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First Principles: The Constitution Is An Instrument For the People To Restrain the Government
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.” – Patrick Henry
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First Principles: Resistance To Tyrants Is Obedience To God
“Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.” -Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Government Is Force Like Fire, A Dangerous Servant and Fearful Master
“Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” – George Washington
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Tagged Dangerous, Eloquence, Fearful, Fire, First Principles, Force, George Washington, Government, Master, Reason, Servant
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First Principles: This Republic Would Be Unfaithful To Itself Were We To Allow Partiality To Infect Our Elections
“We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections.” – John Adams (1797) That’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Citizens, Danger, Extraneous, First Principles, Independent Election, Infect, John Adams, Liberty, Partial, Pure, Unfaithful
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First Principles: Those Citing Scriptures In Support of the Bondage of Slavery Are Reminded of Its Consequences to Egypt
“[E]ven the sacred Scriptures had been quoted to justify this iniquitous traffic. It is true that the Egyptians held the Israelites in bondage for four hundred years, . . . but . . . gentlemen cannot forget the consequences that … Continue reading
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Tagged 400 Years, Almighty, Bondade, Consequence, Continental Congress, Deliver, Egypt, Elias Boudino, First Principles, Forever, Iniquitous, Isreal, Justify, President, Remember, Sacred, Scripture, Today, Traffic, Yesterday
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First Principles: Justice Is the End of Government and Civil Society Ever Pursued Until Liberty Is Lost
“Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.” – James Madison (1788) … Continue reading
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First Principles: Facts Are Stubborn Things
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” – John Adams (1770)
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