Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: We Are, Heart and Soul, Friends To the Freedom of the Press. It Is However, the Prostituted Companion of Liberty

Posted on May 1, 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: Would It Not Be Better To Simplify the System of Taxation Rather Than To Spread It Over Such A Variety of Subjects and Pass Through So Many New Hands

Posted on April 30, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Would it not be better to simplify the system of taxation rather than to spread it over such a variety of subjects and pass through so many new hands.” – Thomas Jefferson (1784)

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First Principles: When I Contemplate the Immense Advances In Science and Discoveries In the Arts Which Have Been Made With the Periods of My Life, I Look Forward With Confidence To Equal Advances

Posted on April 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“When I contemplate the immense advances in science and discoveries in the arts which have been made within the period of my life, I look forward with confidence to equal advances by the present generation, and have no doubt they … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Therefore Go and Make Disciples of All Nations, Baptizing Them In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and Teaching Them To Obey Everything I Have Commanded You

Posted on April 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If A Republican Government Fails To Secure Public Prosperity and Happiness, It Must Be Because the Citizens Neglect the Divine Commands, and Elect Bad Men To Make and Administer the Laws

Posted on April 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted… If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the Divine commands, and … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The General Government Is Not To Be Charged With the Whole Power of Making and Administering Laws: Its Jurisdiction Is Limited To Certain Enumerated Objects

Posted on April 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws: its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects, which concern all the members of the republic, but which are not to be attained … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is the First Responsibility of Every Citizen To Question Authority

Posted on April 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” – Benjamin Franklin

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First Principles: No Nation Could Preserve Its Freedom In the Midst of Continual Warfare

Posted on April 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare” – James Madison.

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First Principles: Happiness Depends More Upon the Internal Frame of A Person’s Own Mind Than On the Externals In the World

Posted on April 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind than on the externals in the world.” – George Washington

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First Principles: Foreign Influence Is Truly the Grecian Horse To A Republic. We Cannot Be Too Careful To Exclude Its Influence

Posted on April 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.” – Alexander Hamilton (1793)

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