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First Principles: Never Be Idle
“Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to Martha … Continue reading
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Tagged Accomplish, Achieve, Determination, Doing, First Principles, Goals, Martha Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson, Time, Usefulness
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First Principles: Officials Elected To Washington Tend To Lose Touch With the People
“Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the federal town, and become citizens of that town more than of your state.” — George Mason, speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788 George Mason more than any … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill of Rights, Communication, Contact, Elections, Federal, George Mason, House of Representatives, Loyalty, Senate
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First Principles: The Cause of America Is the Cause of All Mankind
“The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.” – Thomas Paine (1776) You may read Common Sense by Thomas Paine here: http://www.bartleby.com/133/ …and you should… 😉
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Tagged America, Classical Liberalism, Common Sense, First Principles, Freedom, History, Liberty, Mankind, Republicanism, Thomas Paine
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First Principles: Children Should Be Educated In The Principles of Freedom
“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.” –John Adams They aren’t any more. That’s why so many problems are festering until they reach the surface. So may of these are based on sheer ignorance of what … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Education, First Principles, Freedom, John Adams, Principles, Trained
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First Principles: Change Is the Only Constant; Adapt and Thrive
“Change is the only constant in life, one’s ability to adapt to that change determines success in life.” – Benjamin Franklin What were your goals this year? I am running so far behind. I think after I post a poem … Continue reading
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Tagged Adapt, Benjamin Franklin, Change, Constant, First Principles, Improvement, Life, Sins, Thrive, Virtues
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First Principles: Private Morality Must Precede Public
“If individuals be not influenced by moral principles; it is in vain to look for public virtue; it is, therefore, the duty of legislators to enforce, both by precept and example, the utility, as well as the necessity of a … Continue reading
First Principles: Let the New Year Find You A Better Person
“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” ~ Benjamin Franklin These thoughts apply equally to every man and woman. Now, I know that very … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Betterment, First Principles, Neighbors, New Year, Peace, Tranquility, Vices, War
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First Principles: Charity Should Be Given On A Local Level
“It is a duty certainly to give our sparings to those who want; but to see also that they are faithfully distributed, and duly apportioned to the respective wants of those receivers. And why give through agents whom we know … Continue reading
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Tagged Apportionment, Charity, Distribution, Duty, First Principles, Local, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: The People Have A Right To Redress Governmental Excess
“If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people … must appeal to the standard they have formed, and take such measures to redress the injury done … Continue reading
First Principles: It Is From God That We Gain Our Intended and Useful Vocations
“May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.” — George Washington (1790) … Continue reading
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Tagged First Principles, George Washington, God the Father, Journey, Light, Mercy, Pursuit of Happiness, Vocations
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