Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: The Safeguard of Morality Is Religion, and Morality Is the Best Security of Law As Well As the Surest Pledge of Freedom

Posted on January 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The safeguard of morality is religion, and morality is the best security of law as well as the surest pledge of freedom.” – Alexis de Tocqueville

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First Principles: The Greatest Good We Can Do For Our Country Is To Heal Its Party Divisions and Make Them One People

Posted on January 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The greatest good we can do our country is to heal its party divisions and make them one people.” —Thomas Jefferson (1801)

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First Principles: National Defense Is One of the Cardinal Duties of A Statesman

Posted on January 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman.” – John Adams (1815) Clearly, that includes defending the borders of our republic. The surge of illegal immigration cannot be allowed to go unchecked.

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First Principles: I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God, Eternal Hostility Against Every Form of Tyranny Over the Mind of Man

Posted on January 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” – Thomas Jefferson (1800)

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First Principles: The Propriety of A Law, In A Constitutional Light, Must Always Be Determined By the Nature of the Powers Upon Which It is Founded

Posted on January 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)

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First Principles: Those Who Invalidate Reason Ought Seriously To Consider Whether They Argue Against Reason With Or Without Reason

Posted on January 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason.” – Ethan Allen

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First Principles: If I Speak In the Tongues of Men Or of Angels, But Do Not Have Love, I Am Only A Resounding Gong or A Clanging Cymbal

Posted on January 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“13 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Americans Combine the Notions of Christianity and Liberty So Intimately In Their Minds, That It Is Impossible To Make Them Conceive the One Without the Other

Posted on January 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other.” – Alexis de Tocqueville

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First Principles: A Free People Claim Their Rights As Derived From the Laws of Nature, and Not As the Gift of Their Chief Magistrate

Posted on January 19, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.” – Thomas Jefferson, 1774

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First Principles: The Christian Religion Must Be the Basis of Any Government Intended To Secure the Rights and Privileges of A Free People

Posted on January 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed. … No truth is more evident to my mind than that the … Continue reading →

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