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First Principles: The Right To Bear Arms Protects The People From Tyranny
“The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation … forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of.” … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd Amendment, Ambition, America, Defense, First Principles, Inalienable Right, Right to Bear Arms, Tyranny, We The People
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Foreign
Sworn to fight against enemies Both foreign and domestic It’s hard to tell the frenemies And quite often erratic You want to give that chance But when you do that You dance that deadly dance It’s just where it’s at … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Daily Prompt, Endless, Enemies, Foreign, Fort Hood, Friends, Honor, Military, Wordpress
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First Principles: Tyranny and Oppression Will Come To America In the Name of Fighting Some Foreign Enemy
“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” -James Madison, fourth US president (16 Mar 1751-1836) Power corrupts, right? There is no greater time that those in power have … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Enemy, First Principles, Foreign, James Madison, Oppression, Tyranny
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First Principles: America’s Cause Is the World’s Cause
“The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.” – Thomas Paine The American experiment in the people ruling themselves is maybe the greatest and most noble experiment in the world’s history. Around the world … Continue reading
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Tagged America, First Principles, Freedom, Liberty, Mankind, Self Rule, Thomas Paine
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Thought For the Day: Those Who Vote Control The Destiny of The Nation
“It’s not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It’s the hand that casts the ballot.” – Harry S. Truman
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Tagged America, Ballot, Destiny, Election, Executive, Harry S Truman, Legislature, Office Holder, Thought For the Day, Voter
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Thought For the Day: Weakness Is Provocative
“Mr. Obama … came to office saying, and apparently believing, that a more deferential America would be better respected around the world. He will finish his term having disproved his own argument. The real lesson of the last four years … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Defense, Deferential, Isolationism, Lead From Behind, Obama, Provocative, Respect, Strength, Thought For the Day, Wall Street Journal, Weakness
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First Principles: The Cause of America Is the Cause of All Mankind
“The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.” – Thomas Paine (1776) You may read Common Sense by Thomas Paine here: http://www.bartleby.com/133/ …and you should… 😉
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Tagged America, Classical Liberalism, Common Sense, First Principles, Freedom, History, Liberty, Mankind, Republicanism, Thomas Paine
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Thought For the Day: Trump’s Presidency Has Vastly Improved the Economy
“A wave of optimism has swept over American business … new plants, equipment and factory upgrades that bolster economic growth, spur job creation — and raise wages significantly.” – New York Times It helps to be right – no matter … Continue reading
First Principles: America Should Never Forget the Role God Has Played In Our Heritage
“I am sure that never was a people, who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition in their affairs, than those of the United States; and I should be pained to believe that they have forgotten that agency, which … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Believe, Christian, Divine Intervention, Faith, First Principles, God, Omnipotence, Patriotism
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First Principles: Assimilation Is Best Encouraged
“The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be much questioned; for, by so doing, they retain the Language, habits and principles (good or bad) which they … Continue reading
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Tagged Adapt, America, Assimilation, Blend, Encourage, First Principles, George Washington, Government, Grow, Immigration
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