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First Principles: Love of Power Is Natural and Often Abused

Posted on October 20, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired.” – Alexander Hamilton (1775) I hasten to add that therein is the reason we have so carefully guarded against this human proclivity … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Law’s Propriety Has Be Determined Based On Natural Law

Posted on October 15, 2017 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, in Federalist No. 33 (1788) The text of Federalist No. 33 may be read here: http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa33.htm … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The First Line of Safety Is People Helping People

Posted on September 5, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The ingredients which constitute safety in the republican sense are, first, a due dependence on the people, secondly, a due responsibility.” —Alexander Hamilton (1788) One need only look at how people of walks in life have come together and helped … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Right To Bear Arms Rests With the People

Posted on July 19, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.” – Alexander Hamilton

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First Principles: Democracy Leads To Tyranny

Posted on June 26, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Constitution Must Be Changed By Amendment Only

Posted on May 28, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“[T]he present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banners, bona fide must we combat our political foes — rejecting all changes but through the channel itself provides for amendments.” –Alexander Hamilton This quote may … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Neutrality and Respect Depend on Adequate Power

Posted on May 23, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Papers No. 11 To read Federalist Papers No. 11 … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Our Sacred Rights Are Written By the Hand of the Divinity

Posted on May 21, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Legal Consequences

Posted on April 25, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787) To understand more … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Ignorance of Natural Rights

Posted on April 22, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The fundamental source of all your errors, sophisms and false reasonings is a total ignorance of the natural rights of mankind. Were you once to become acquainted with these, you could never entertain a thought, that all men are not, … Continue reading →

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