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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
“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
“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
“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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First Principles: In Time of Peace There Can, At All Events, Be No Justification For the Creation of A Permanent Debt by the Federal Government
“In time of peace there can, at all events, be no justification for the creation of a permanent debt by the Federal Government. Its limited range of constitutional duties may certainly under such circumstances be performed without such a resort.” … Continue reading
First Principles: The Credit Belongs To the Man Who Is Actually In the Arena, Whose Face Is Marred By Dust and Sweat and Blood…Who At Worst, If He Fails, At Least Fails While Daring Greatly
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the … Continue reading
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First Principles: The Question Is Not What Rights Naturally Belong To Man But How They May Be Most Equally and Effectually Guarded In Society
“The question is not what rights naturally belong to ma, but how they may be most equally and effectually guarded in society.” – Roger Sherman
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First Principles: Though You Used To Be Slaves to Sin, You Have Come To Obey From Your Heart the Pattern of Teaching That Has Now Claimed Your Allegiance
“But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance.” – Romans 6:17 (NIV)
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First Principles: Strive To Be the Greatest Man In Your Country, and You May Be Disappointed. Strive To Be the Best and You May Succeed. He May well Win the Race That Runs By Himself
“Strive to be the greatest man in your country, and you may be disappointed. Strive to be the best and you may succeed: he may well win the race that runs by himself.” -Benjamin Franklin (1747)
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First Principles: A Sacred Respect For the Constitutional Law Is the Vital Principle, the Sustaining Energy of A Free Government
“A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.” – Alexander Hamilton (1794)
First Principles: The Spring Is Now Approaching, and With It, I Hope, A Revival of Our Spirits and Fortunes. Here Spring Symbolizes Hope and Renewal
“The spring is now approaching, and with it, I hope, a revival of our spirits and fortunes.” Here, spring symbolizes hope and renewal, paralleling his optimism for the revolutionary cause.” – John Adams, in a letter to Abigail Adams on … Continue reading
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