Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: The Harder the Conflict With Tyranny, The More Glorious Is the Triumph

Posted on May 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” — Thomas Paine, American Crisis, No. 1, 1776

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First Principles: Never Abandon Reason

Posted on May 16, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the spot of every wind. With such persons, gullibility, which they call faith, takes the helm from the hand … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Constitution Is the Standard We Must Cling To and Measure Our Opposition By

Posted on May 15, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banners, bona fide must we combat our political foes.” – Alexander Hamilton (1802)

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First Principles: The Bible Teaches Us How To Best Regulate Our Lives

Posted on May 14, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Noble Inheritance of America Should Be Taught, Guarded and Only Wisely Improved On

Posted on May 13, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and capacity, if wisely improved, and faithfully guarded, of transmitting to their latest posterity all the substantial … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Be Unshakeable In Telling the Truth

Posted on May 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Moderate Taxes Produce Greater Revenue Than Excessive Taxation

Posted on May 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so great as when they are confined within proper and moderate bounds.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787) … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Some Assimilation of Culture, Law and Tradition Is Required To Remain One People

Posted on May 10, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body may be much questioned; for, by so doing, they retain the Language, habits and principles which they bring with them. Whereas by an intermixture with our people, they, or … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Nations Told What To Do Have Independence Yet To Seek

Posted on May 9, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“But if we are to be told by a foreign power … what we shall do, and what we shall not do, we have independence yet to seek, and have contended hitherto for very little.” – George Washington (1796) … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Must Not Allow Our Nation To Be In Perpetual Debt

Posted on May 8, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)

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