Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: A Good Moral Character Is the First Essential In A Man

Posted on December 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“A good moral character is the first essential in a man…” – George Washington

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First Principles: We Should Be Unfaithful To Ourselves If We Should Ever Lose Sight of the Danger To Our Liberties If Anything…Extraneous Should Infect the Purity of Our Free…Independent Elections

Posted on December 13, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections.” – John Adams (1797)

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First Principles: There Must Be A Positive Passion For the Public Good…Established In the Minds of the People, Or There Can Be No Republican Government

Posted on December 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“There must be a positive passion for the public good, the public interest, honour, power and glory, established in the minds of the people, or there can be no republican government, nor any real liberty.” – John Adams (1776)

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First Principles: The Legislative Department Is Everywhere Extending the Sphere of Its Activity and Drawing All Power Into Its Impetuous Vortex

Posted on December 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.” – James Madison (1788)

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First Principles: A Constitution of Government Once Changed From Freedom Can Never Be Restored. Liberty, Once Lost, Is Lost Forever

Posted on December 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.” – John Adams (1775)

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First Principles: I Wish To Be Useful, and Every Kind of Service Necessary For the Public Good, Becomes Honorable By Being Necessary

Posted on December 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, becomes honorable by being necessary.” – Nathan Hale (1776)

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First Principles: The Public Cannot Be Too Curious Concerning the Characters of Public Men

Posted on December 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.” -Samuel Adams (1775)

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First Principles: The Great Principles of Right and Wrong Are Legible To Every Reader; To Pursue Them Requires Not the Aid of Many Counselors

Posted on December 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors.” – Thomas Jefferson (1775)

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First Principles: The Natural Progress of Things Is For Liberty To Yield and Government To Gain Ground

Posted on December 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.” – Thomas Jefferson (1788)

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First Principles: In All Very Numerous Assemblies, of Whatever Character Composed, Passion Never Fails To Wrest the Scepter From Reason

Posted on December 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever character composed, passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason.” – James Madison (1788)

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