Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: Hold Fast To the Bible As the Sheet-Anchor of Your Liberties; Write Its Precepts In Your Hearts, and Practice Them In Your Lives

“Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives.” – Ulysses S. Grant

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First Principles: Theirs Are the Patriarchs, and From Them Is Traced the Human Ancestry of the Messiah, Who Is God Over All, Forever Praised. Amen

“Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.” – Romans 9:5

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First Principles: You Must First Enable the Government To Control the Governed; and In the Next Place, Oblige It To Control Itsel

“In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.” – … Continue reading

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First Principles: Whoever Commands the Sea, Commands the Trade; Whoever Commands the Trade of the World Commands the Riches of the World

“Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.” – Walter Raleigh Let’s build these ships through manpower or robotics armed with AI and … Continue reading

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First Principles: Governments Do Better Without Kings and Nobles Than With Them

“We are teaching the world the great truth that Governments do better without Kings & Nobles than with them. The merit will be doubled by the other lesson that Religion Flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of … Continue reading

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First Principles: Permanence, Perseverance and Persistence In Spite of All Obstacles, Discouragements, and Impossibilities.

“Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” – Thomas Carlyle

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First Principles: The Wildlife and Its Habitat Cannot Speak, So We Must and We Will

“The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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First Principles: I’m A Christian, A Conservative and A Republican, In That Order

“I’m a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order.” – Mike Pence

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First Principles: If Christ Is In You, Though the Body Is Dead Because of Sin, Yet the Spirit Is Alive Because of Righteousness

“If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.” – Romans 8:10

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First Principles: The Person Who Deserves Most Pity Is A Lonesome One On A Rainy Day Who Doesn’t Know How To Read

“The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn’t know how to read.” – Benjamin Franklin

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