Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: Freedom Can Exist Only in the Society of Knowledge. Without Learning, Men Are Incapable of Knowing Their Rights

Posted on October 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.” – Benjamin Rush

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First Principles: He Will Wipe Away Every Tear From Their Eyes, and Death Shall Be No More, Neither Shall There Be Mourning, Nor Crying, Nor Pain Anymore, For the Former Things Have Passed Away

Posted on October 6, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” – Revelation 21:4

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First Principles: If We Can Prevent the Government From Wasting the Labors of the People, Under the Pretence of Taking Care of Them, They Must Become Happy

Posted on October 5, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.” – Thomas Jefferson (1802)

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First Principles: It Is Necessary For Every American, With Becoming Energy To Endeavor To Stop the Dissemination of Principles Evidently Destructive of the Cause For Which They Have Bled

Posted on October 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Would Rather Be Exposed To the Inconveniences Attending Too Much Liberty Than Those Attending Too Small A Degree of It

Posted on October 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniencies attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.” – Thomas Jefferson (1791)

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First Principles: Reason and Experience Both Forbid Us To Expect That National Morality Can Prevail In Exclusion of Religious Principle

Posted on October 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.” – George Washington, in his Farewell Address

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First Principles: Go Confidently In the Direction of Your Dreams. Live the Life You Have Imagined

Posted on October 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau

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First Principles: America’s Present Need Is Not Heroics But Healing; Not Nostrums but Normalcy; Not Revolution But Restoration

Posted on September 30, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“America’s present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.” – Warren G. Harding

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First Principles: Rid Yourselves of All Malice and All Deceit, Hypocrisy, Envy, and Slander of Every Kind. Like Newborn Babies, Crave Pure Spiritual Milk

Posted on September 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.” – Peter … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Democracy Is the Most Vile Form of Government

Posted on September 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Democracy is the most vile form of government.” – James Madison Memo to the Swamp and its supporters… We live in a republic.

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