Flickr Photos
Category Archives: First Principles
First Principles: Nothing Is More Essential To the Establishment of Manners In A State Than That All Persons Employed In Places of Power and Trust Must Be Men of Unexceptionable Characters
“Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.” – Samuel Adams (1775)
First Principles: If the Citizens Neglect Their Duty and Place Unprincipled Men In Office, the Government Will Soon Be Corrupted
“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 … Continue reading
First Principles: States, Like Individuals, Who Observe Their Engagements, Are Respected and Trusted: While the Reverse Is the Fate of Those Who Pursue Opposite Conduct
“States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.” – Alexander Hamilton (1790)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Engagements, Fate, First Principles, Individuals, Opposite Conduct, Respect, Reverse, States, Trust
Leave a comment
First Principles: It Is In the Interest of Tyrants To Reduce the People To Ignorance and Vice. For They Cannot Live In Any Country Where Virtue and Knowledge Prevail.
“It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.” – Samuel Adams
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Country, First Principles, Ignorance and Vice, Knowledge, nterest, Prevail, Samuel Adams, The People, Tyrants, Virtue
Leave a comment
First Principles: If…There Be Any Kindness I Can Show, Or Any Good Thing I Can Do To Any Fellow Being, Let Me Do It Now…I Shall Not Pass This Way Again
“I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Any Kindness, Fellow BEiing, First Principles, Good Thing, Life, Now, Once, Pass, Show, William Penn
Leave a comment
First Principles: Accept the One Whose Faith Is Weak, Without Quarreling Over Disputable Matters
“Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters.” – Romans 14:1 NIV
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Accepance, Disputable Matters, Faith, First Priinciples, Quarrel, Romans 14:1 NIV, Weakness
Leave a comment
First Principles: It Should Be Our Endeavor To Cultivate the Peace and Friendship of Every Nation
““It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation.” – Thomas Jefferson (1787)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Cultivate, Endeavor, Every Nation, First Principles, Friendship, Peace, Thomas Jefferson
Leave a comment
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 To It
“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.” – James Madison (1788)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Deny, Encroaching Nature, First Pricniples, James Madison, Limits, Pass, Power, Restrain
Leave a comment
First Principles: Let Us Recollect That Peace Or War Will Not Always Be Left To Our Option.. However Moderate or Unambitious We May Be
“Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.” – Alexander Hamilton … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Alexander Hamilton, First Principles, Moderate, Moderation, Option, Peace, Recollect, Unambitious, War
Leave a comment
First Principles: We Are Either A United People, Or We Are Not. If the Former, Let Us, In All Matters of General Concern Act As A Nation
“We are either a United people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all matters of general concern act as a nation, which have national objects to promote, and a national character to support. If we are … Continue reading
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 