Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: If Virtue & Knowledge Are Diffused Among the People, They Will Never Be Enslav’d. This Will Be Their Good Security

Posted on April 30, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslav’d. This will be their great security.“ – Samuel Adams

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First Principles: Each Political Society Should Contribute Such A Share of Their Rights, As Will Form A Common Stock of These Rights, Produce the Largest Quantity of Benefits For Them

Posted on April 29, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“As in forming a political society, each individual contributes some of his rights, in order that he may, from a common stock of rights, derive greater benefits, than he could from merely his own; so, in forming a confederation, each … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Dangers of A Concentration of All Power In the General Government of A Confederacy So Vast As Ours Are Too Obvious To Be Disregarded

Posted on April 28, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.” – Franklin Pierce

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First Principles: I Have Never Advocated War Except As A Means of Peace, So Seek Peace, But Prepare For War. Because War …War Never Changes. War Is Like Winter and Winter Is Coming

Posted on April 27, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“I have never advocated war except as means of peace, so seek peace, but prepare for war. Because war… War never changes. War is like winter and winter is coming.” – Ulysses S Grant

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First Principles: But As For Me and My Household, We Will Serve the Lord

Posted on April 26, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“ But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Am Not A Party Candidate, and If Elected, Cannot Be President of A Party, But the President of the Whole People

Posted on April 25, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“I am not a party candidate, and if elected ,cannot be President of a party, but the President of the whole people.”– Zachary Taylor

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First Principles: Government …Springs From the Necessities of Our Nature, and Has An Everlasting Foundation In the Unchangeable Will of God

Posted on April 24, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Government is founded not on force, as was the theory of Hobbes; nor on compact, as was the theory of Locke and of the revolution of 1688; nor on property, as was the assertion of Harrington. It springs from the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: By Our Form of Government, the Christian Religion Is the Established Religion; and All Sects and Denominations of Christians Are Placed Upon the Same Equal Footing

Posted on April 23, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty”– Samuel Chase Read about … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Democracy Has Two Excesses To Avoid: the Spirit of Inequality…and the Spirit of Extreme Equality

Posted on April 22, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Democracy has two excesses to avoid: the spirit of inequality, which leads to an aristocracy, or to the government of a single individual; and the spirit of extreme equality, which conducts it to despotism, as the despotism of a single … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Have Learned That the Greater Part of Our Misery Or Unhappiness Is Determined Not By Our Circumstance But By Our Disposition

Posted on April 21, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.” – Martha … Continue reading →

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