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First Principles: Our Liberty Depends On Our Education, Our Laws, and Habits…It Is Founded On Morals and Religion Whose Authority Reigns In the Heart
“Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on the influence all these produce on public opinion before that opinion governs … Continue reading
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First Principles: The Ways and Means Ought Always To Face the Public Engagements; …Our Appropriations Should Ever Go Hand In Hand With Our Promises
“There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that our appropriations should ever go hand in hand with our promises. To say that the … Continue reading
First Principles: The God Who Gave Us Life Gave Us Liberty At the Same Time; the Hand of Force May Destroy, But Cannot Disjoin Them
“The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.” – Thomas Jefferson (1774)
First Principles: It Is By Grace You Have Been Saved, Through Faith – and This Is Not From Yourselves, It Is the Gift of God – Not By Works, So That No One Can Boast
” For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.” – Ephesians 2:8-9
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First Principles: We Know That Equality of Individual Ability Has Never Existed and Never Will, But We Do Insist That Equality of Opportunity Still Must Be Sought
“We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Kamala Harris has made a great deal out about “equity”. That … Continue reading
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First Principles: Industry Is Increased, Commodities Are Multiplied, Agriculture and Manufacturers Flourish: and Herein Consists the True Wealth and Prosperity of A State
“Industry is increased, commodities are multiplied, agriculture and manufacturers flourish: and herein consists the true wealth and prosperity of a state.” – Alexander Hamilton (1790)
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First Principles: Arbitrary Power Is Most Easily Established On the Ruins of Liberty Abused To Licentiousness
“Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.” – George Washington (1753)
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First Principles: The Problem To Be Solved Is, Not What Form of Government Is Perfect, But Which of the Forms Is Least Imperfect
“It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a misfortune. This necessity however exists; and the problem to be solved is, not what form … Continue reading
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First Principles: The Moment the Idea Is Admitted Into Society that Property Is Not As Sacred As the Laws of God, and That There Is Not A Force of Law and Public Justice To Protect It, Anarchy and Tyranny Commence
“The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.” – John … Continue reading
First Principles: It Will Not Be Denied That Power Is of An Encroaching Nature and That It Ought To Be Effectually Restrained From Passing the Limits Assigned
“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it. After discriminating, therefore, in theory, the several classes of power, as they may … Continue reading
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