Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: The Republican Is the Only Form of Government Which Is Not Eternally At Open Or Secret War With the Rights of Mankind

Posted on May 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.” – Thomas Jefferson (1790)

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First Principles: Freedom of Speech May Be Taken Away, and Dumb and Silent We May Be Led, Like Sheep, To the Slaughter

Posted on May 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“If men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences that can invite the consideration of mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of speech … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Train Up A Child In the Way He Should Go; and When He Is Old, He Will Not Depart From It

Posted on May 19, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” – Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)

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First Principles: Resistance To Tyranny Becomes the Christian and Social Duty of Each Individual…Continue Steadfast…With A Proper Sense of Your Dependence On God

Posted on May 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual… Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.” – … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If You Do Not Take An Interest In the Affairs of Your Government, Then You Are Doomed To Live Under the Rule of Fools

Posted on May 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.” – Plato

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First Principles: If I Believe In God and Life After Death and You Do Not, and If There Is No God, We Both Lose When We Die. However, If There Is A God, You Still Lose and I Gain Everything

Posted on May 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“If I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose when we die. However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gain everything.” – Blaise … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Between A Balanced Republic and A Democracy, the Difference Is Like That Between Order and Chaos

Posted on May 15, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.“ – John Marshall

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First Principles: Where An Excess of Power Prevails, Property of No Sort Is Duly Respect. No Man Is Safe In His Opinion, …Person,…Faculties… Or His Possessions

Posted on May 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights. Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Before Any Man Can Be Considered As A Member of Civil Society, He Must Be Considered As A Subject of the Governor of the Universe

Posted on May 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage…Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe.” – James … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Start Children Off On the Way They Should Go, and Even When They Are Old They Will Not Turn From It

Posted on May 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” – Proverbs 22:6

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