Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: Life Is Not So Dear As To Purchased At the Price of Chains and Slavery

Posted on July 7, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God.” – Patrick Henry, Speech to the Virginia Convention, 1775

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First Principles: The Liberty of A Nation Is Only As Secure As Its Faith In God

Posted on July 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Should Press Forward Without Despair In Our Most Dire Times

Posted on July 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“We should never despair, our situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new exertions and proportion our efforts to the exigency … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Hang Together Or All Hang Separately

Posted on July 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” – Benjamin Franklin (1776)

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First Principles: Even the Best Constitution Will Not Be Effectual For A Corrupted People

Posted on July 3, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good form of government may hold the rotten materials together for some time, but beyond a certain pitch, even the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Virtuous People Cannot Be Subdued

Posted on July 2, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.” – Samuel Adams (1779)

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First Principles: The Republic Depends On Lovers of Liberty

Posted on July 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of. Our enemies are numerous and powerful; but we have many friends, determining to be free, and heaven and earth will aid the resolution. On you depend the fortunes of … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Universal Ignorance and Lack of Virtue Will Sink This Nation Faster Than Any Foreign Invader

Posted on June 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“No people will tamely surrender their liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved. On the contrary, when people are universally ignorant, and debauched in their manners, they will sink under their own … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Composition of the Federal Judiciary Makes or Breaks Our Constitution and Therefore Our Nation

Posted on June 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It has long, however, been my opinion, and I have never shrunk from its expression … that the germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal Judiciary; working like gravity by night and by … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Those Who Go Borrowing, Go Sorrowing

Posted on June 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. “ – Benjamin Franklin (1758)

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