Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: A Government For the People Must Depend For Its Success On the Intelligence, the Morality, the Justice, and the Interest of the People Themselves

Posted on April 5, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.” – Grover Cleveland

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First Principles: There Is Nothing More Corrupting, Nothing More Destructive of the Noblest and Finest Feelings of Our Nature, Than the Exercise of Unlimited Power

Posted on April 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.” – William Henry Harrison

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First Principles: If Duties Are Too High, They Lessen Consumption… This Forms A Complete Barrier Against Any Material Oppression of the Citizens By Taxes of This Class

Posted on April 3, 2025 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. This forms a complete barrier against any … Continue reading →

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First Principles: In the Discharge of Duties My Guide Will Be the Constitution, Which I This Day Swear To Preserve, Protect, and Defend

Posted on April 2, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“In the discharge of duties my guide will be the Constitution, which I this day swear to preserve, protect, and defend.” – Zachary Taylor

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First Principles: Minorities Have A Right To Appeal To the Constitution As A Shield Against Such Oppression

Posted on April 1, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“By the theory of our Government majorities rule, but this right is not an arbitrary or unlimited one. It is a right to be exercised in subordination to the Constitution and in conformity to it. One great object of the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Nation That Cannot Control Its Borders Is Not A Nation

Posted on March 31, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.” – Ronald Reagan

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First Principles: In the Same Way, Count Yourselves Dead To Sin But Alive To God In Christ Jesus

Posted on March 30, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.” – Romans 6:11

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First Principles: The Government, Which Was Designed For the People, Has Got Into the Hands of the Bosses and Their Employer, the Special Interests. An Invisible Empire Has Been Set Up Above the Forms of Democracy

Posted on March 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.” – Woodrow Wilson

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First Principles: The Ability To Produce Every Necessity of Life Renders Us Independent In War As Well As In Peace

Posted on March 28, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The ability to produce every necessity of life renders us independent in war as well as in peace.” – Millard Fillmore Trump is correct in the desire for an absolute utility and necessity of bringing manufacturing and agriculture back from … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is More Important That Innocence Be Protected Than It Is That Guilt Be Punished For Guilt and Crimes Are So Frequent In This World That They Cannot All Be Punished

Posted on March 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished. But if innocence itself is brought to the bar … Continue reading →

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