Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: The Dangers of A Concentration of All Power In the General Government of A Confederacy So Vast As Ours Are Too Obvious To Be Disregarded

“The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.” – Franklin Pierce

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First Principles: I Have Never Advocated War Except As A Means of Peace, So Seek Peace, But Prepare For War. Because War …War Never Changes. War Is Like Winter and Winter Is Coming

“I have never advocated war except as means of peace, so seek peace, but prepare for war. Because war… War never changes. War is like winter and winter is coming.” – Ulysses S Grant

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First Principles: But As For Me and My Household, We Will Serve the Lord

“ But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for … Continue reading

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First Principles: I Am Not A Party Candidate, and If Elected, Cannot Be President of A Party, But the President of the Whole People

“I am not a party candidate, and if elected ,cannot be President of a party, but the President of the whole people.”– Zachary Taylor

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First Principles: Government …Springs From the Necessities of Our Nature, and Has An Everlasting Foundation In the Unchangeable Will of God

“Government is founded not on force, as was the theory of Hobbes; nor on compact, as was the theory of Locke and of the revolution of 1688; nor on property, as was the assertion of Harrington. It springs from the … Continue reading

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First Principles: By Our Form of Government, the Christian Religion Is the Established Religion; and All Sects and Denominations of Christians Are Placed Upon the Same Equal Footing

“By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty”– Samuel Chase Read about … Continue reading

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First Principles: Democracy Has Two Excesses To Avoid: the Spirit of Inequality…and the Spirit of Extreme Equality

“Democracy has two excesses to avoid: the spirit of inequality, which leads to an aristocracy, or to the government of a single individual; and the spirit of extreme equality, which conducts it to despotism, as the despotism of a single … Continue reading

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First Principles: I Have Learned That the Greater Part of Our Misery Or Unhappiness Is Determined Not By Our Circumstance But By Our Disposition

“I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.” – Martha … Continue reading

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First Principles: Leadership Is Not Only Having A Vision, But Also Having the Courage, the Discipline, and the Resources To Get You There

“Leadership is not only having a vision, but also having the courage, the discipline, and the resources to get you there.” – George Washington

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First Principles: And the Anger of the Lord Was Kindled Against Moses, and He Said, “What About Your Brother, Aaron the Levite? I Know He Can Speak Well

“And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, ‘What about your brother,  Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well.’” – Exodus 4:14

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