Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: American Colonies Had Long Been Stopped From Abolishing Slavery Or Even Limiting It By Great Britain

Posted on February 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“…. (A) disposition to abolish slavery prevails in North America, that many of Pennsylvanians have set their slaves at liberty, and that even the Virginia Assembly have petitioned the King for permission to make a law for preventing the importation … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Keep The Celestial Fire of Conscience Alive In Your Heart

Posted on February 14, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.” – George Washington (1748)

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First Principles: Humanity Naturally Indulges False Hope While Shutting Our Eyes to Painful Truth

Posted on February 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.” – Patrick Henry, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Partisanship Overall Is Harmful To Our Nation’s Polity

Posted on February 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the Spirit of Party generally.” – George Washington (1796)

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First Principles: It’s Up To All Americans To Stop the Spread of Principles Counter To Our Civil and Religious Rights

Posted on February 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Slavery Was Introduced Into United States By England and Prevented From Abolishing It During Colonial Days

Posted on February 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“He [King George III] has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is Unlawful To Take Away the Liberty of Others Simply Through Superior Power

Posted on February 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“[I]t is certainly unlawful to make inroads upon others . . . and take away their liberty by no better means than superior power.“ – John Witherspoon, Signer of the Declaration of Independence

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First Principles: Power Is of An Encroaching Nature and Must Be Restrained

Posted on February 8, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.” – James Madison (1788)

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First Principles: We Must Accept Human Beings As We Find Them Without Expecting Perfection

Posted on February 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“We must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals.” – George Washington (1786)

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First Principles: A Key Duty of the Executive Is To Promote Unity

Posted on February 6, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The ingredients which constitute energy in the Executive are, first, unity…” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Paper, Number 70

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