Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: It Is Not Honorable To Take Mere Legal Advantage When It Happens To Be Contrary To Justice

Posted on August 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It is not honorable to take mere legal advantage when it happens to be contrary to justice.” – Thomas Jefferson (1790)

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First Principles: Wherever the Real Power In A Government Lies, There Is A Danger of Oppression

Posted on August 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.” – James Madison (1788)

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First Principles: Though I Walk Through the Darkest Valley, I Will Fear No Evil

Posted on August 13, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Every Government Degenerates When Trusted To the Rulers of the People Alone. The People Themselves, Therefore Are Its Only Safe Depositories

Posted on August 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)

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First Principles: The Whole Art of Government Consists In the Art of Being Honest. Only Aim To Do Your Duty, and Mankind Will Give You Credit Where You Fail

Posted on August 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.” – Thomas Jefferson (1775)

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First Principles: The Press Is Impotent When It Abandons Itself To Falsehood

Posted on August 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“But the fact being once established, that the press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood, I leave to others to restore it to its strength, by recalling it within the pale of truth.” – Thomas Jefferson (1805)

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First Principles: Let Us Resolve To Be Masters, Not the Victims, of Our History, Controlling Our Own Destiny Without Giving Way To Blind Suspicions and Emotions

Posted on August 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.” – John F. Kennedy

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First Principles: Collecting More Taxes Than Is Absolutely Necessary Is Legalized Robbery

Posted on August 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.” – Calvin Coolidge

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First Principles: It Is Hard To Fail, But It Is Worse Never To Have Tried To Succeed. In This Life, We Get Nothing Save By Effort

Posted on August 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life, we get nothing save by effort.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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First Principles: Those Who Deny Freedom To Others Deserve It Not For Themselves, and, Under A Just God, Cannot Long Retain It

Posted on August 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.” – Abraham Lincoln

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