Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: After Desire Has Conceived, It Gives Birth To Sin; and Sin, When It Is Full-Grown, Gives Birth To Death

Posted on August 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“After desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” – James 1:15 NIV

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First Principles: Every Step We Take Towards Making the State Our Caretaker of Our Lives, By That Much We Move Toward Making the State Our Master

Posted on August 23, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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First Principles: Once A Government Is Committed To the Principles of Silencing the Voice of Opposition, It Has Only One Way To Go, and That Is Down the Path of Increasingly Repressive Measures

Posted on August 22, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Human Kindness Has Never Weakened the Stamina Or Softened the Fiber of a Free People. A Nation Does Not Have To Be Cruel To Be Tough.

Posted on August 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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First Principles: Freedom Is the Open Window Through Which Pours the Sunlight of the Human Spirit and Human Dignity

Posted on August 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.” – Herbert Hoover

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First Principles: Don’t Expect To Build Up the Weak By Pulling Down the Strong

Posted on August 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.” – Calvin Coolidge

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First Principles: America’s Present Need Is Not Heroics But Healing; Not Nostrums But Normalcy; Not Revolution But Restoration

Posted on August 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“America’s present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.” – Warren G. Harding

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First Principles: Above All Else, Guard Your Heart, For Everything You Do Flows From It

Posted on August 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” – Proverbs 4:23

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First Principles: You Are Not Here Merely To Make A Living. You Are Here In Order To Enable the World To Live More Amply, With Greater Vision

Posted on August 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Must Dare To Be Great, and We Must Realize That Greatness Is the Fruit of Toil and Sacrifice and High Courage

Posted on August 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.” – William Howard Taft

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