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First Principles: 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…Happy
“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)
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First Principles: In the End, It’s Not the Years In Your Life That Count. It’s the Life In Your Years
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” -Abraham Lincoln (Happy Birthday to me?)
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First Principles: May the God of Hope Fill With All Joy and Peace In Believing, So That You Will Abound In Hope By the Power of the Holy Spirit
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” – Romans 15:13
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First Principles: A Good Government Implies Two Things; First, Fidelity To the Objects of the Government; Secondly, A Knowledge of the Means, By Which Those Objects Can Be Best Attained
“A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained.” – Joseph Story (1833)
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First Principles: To Preserve Their Independence, We Must Not Let Our Rulers Load Us With Perpetual Debt. We Must Make Our Election Between Economy and Liberty, Or Profusion and Servitude
“To preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.” – Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Samuel Kercheval (1816)
First Principles: Life Is A Succession of Lessons Which Must Be Lived To Be Understood
“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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First Principles: The Most Sacred of the Duties of A Government Is To Do Equal and Impartial Justice To All Citizens
“The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all citizens.” —Thomas Jefferson (1816)
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First Principles: Peace Is the Real and Right Memorial For Those Who Have Died In War
“Peace is the real and right memorial for those who have died in war.” – Richard M. Nixon
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First Principles: If There Is A Form of Government, Whose Principles and Foundation Is A Virtue, Will Not Every Sober Man Acknowledge It Better Calculated To Promote the General Happiness Than Any Other Form
“If there is a form of government, then, whose principle and foundation is virtue, will not every sober man acknowledge it better calculated to promote the general happiness than any other form?” – John Adams (1776)
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First Principles: God Made Him Who Had No Sin To Be Sin For Us, So That In Him We Might Become the Righteousness of God
“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” – 2 Corinthians 5:21
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