Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: If Destruction Be Our Lot, We Must Ourselves Be Its Author and Finisher. As A Nation of Freemen, We Must Live Through All Time, Or Die By Suicide

Posted on October 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.“ – Abraham Lincoln Lincoln spoke these words in the 1838 Springfield Lyceum address … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Are, Heart and Soul, Friends To the Freedom of the Press… It Is A Precious Pest, and A Necessary Mischief, and There Would Be No Liberty Without It

Posted on October 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press. It is however, the prostituted companion of liberty.” – Fisher Ames (1807)

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First Principles: If Your Actions Inspire Others To Dream More, Learn More, Do More, and Become More, You Are A Leader

Posted on October 15, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams

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First Principles: The American Republic Will Endure Until the Day Congress Discovers That It Can Bribe the Public With the Public’s Money

Posted on October 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” – Alexis de Tocqueville

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First Principles: Blessed Is the One Who Reads Aloud the Words of This Prophecy, and Blessed Are Those Who Hear It and Take To Heart What Is Written In It, Because the Time Is Near

Posted on October 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“ Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.” – Revelation 1:3

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First Principles: Measures Are Too Often Decided, Not According To the Rules of Justice and the Rights of the Minor Party, But By the Superior Force of an Interested and Overbearing Majority

Posted on October 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority.” – James Madison

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First Principles: The Rights of Conscience, of Bearing Arms, of Changing the Government, Are Declared To Be Inherent In the People

Posted on October 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people.” – Fisher Ames

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First Principles: Heaven Is Under Our Feet As Well As Over Our Heads

Posted on October 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” —Henry David Thoreau

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First Principles: Stability In Government Is Essential To National Character and To the Advantages Annexed To It…Which Are Among the Chief Blessings of Civil Society

Posted on October 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it, as well as to that repose and confidence in the minds of the people, which are among the chief blessings of civil society.” – James … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Blessed Are the Peacemakers, For They Will Be Called Children of God

Posted on October 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God…” – Matthew 5:9

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