Flickr Photos
Tag Archives: America
First Principles: America’s Youth Must Always Remember Its Noble Inheritance
“Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and capacity, if wisely improved, and faithfully guarded, of transmitting to their latest posterity all the substantial … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged America, Fidelity, First Principles, Heritage, Improved, Inheritance, Joseph Story, Noble, Youth
Leave a comment
First Principles: Action Plan – Engagement
After considerable thought and watching how American principles are again and again being usurped by those who do not have any greater right to a voice in defining the future of America than we Americans who believe in the founding … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Action Plan, America, Bible, Biblically Based, Christian, Citizen, Contact, Engage, Engagement, First Principles, Founding Fathers, Future, History, Join, Participate
Leave a comment
First Principles: We Must Be Guided By An Exalted Justice and Benevolence
“It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great Nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a People always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.” — George Washington … Continue reading
Short Form Poetry Workshop – Rispetto – Making America Great Again Rispetto
How remiss of me, I forgot to post that I attended the Short Form Poetry Workshop this past Tuesday. The form studied this week is the Rispetto: How do you write a Rispetto • 8 lines broken into 2 stanza … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged America, Faith, Healing, Ideals, Poem, Prayers, Rispetto, Short Form Poetry, Stanza, United
Leave a comment
First Principles: Part of the Greatness of America Rests In Learning From Mistakes
“The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.” – Alexis de Toqueville A classic example of this might currently be in how much latitude we … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Alexis de Toqueville, America, Balance, First Principles, Greatness, Growing, Learning, Mistakes, Repair, Restore, Stronger
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: Principles Remain In Tact As America Changes
“Two things in America are astonishing: the changeableness of most human behavior and the strange stability of certain principles. Men are constantly on the move, but the spirit of humanity seems almost unmoved.” – Alexis de Tocqueville A complete copy … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Alexis de Tocqueville, America, Change, Democracy In America, First Principles, Spirit, Stability
Leave a comment
First Principles: The Bosom of America Is Open
“The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions; whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges…” – George … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged All, America, Assimilation, George Washington, Immigration, Oppressed, Presecuted, Respect, Rights
1 Comment
First Principles: America’s Foundation Depends On Our Moral Precepts
“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.” —Samuel Adams (1779) Our American republic depends at its foundation on the moral precepts on which it … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged America, Liberties, manners, Principles, Samuel Adams
Leave a comment
First Principles: All Humanity Is Equally Bound To God’s Laws
“In the supposed state of nature, all men are equally bound by the laws of nature, or to speak more properly, the laws of the Creator.” – Samuel Adams, in a Letter to the Massachusetts State Legislature, January 17, 1794 … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged America, First Principles, God's Law, Patriot, Samuel Adams, State of Nature, Veterans
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: Act Worthy of Yourselves
“The man who meanly will submit to wear a shackle, contemns the noblest gift of heaven, and impiously affronts the God that made him free. Ease and prosperity (though pleasing for a day) have often sunk a people into … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Affronts, America, American Revolution, American Service Members, Christianity, Effeminacy, First Principles, Fortunes, Freedom, God, Gratitude, Joseph Warren, Liberty, Memorial Day, Oration, Public Square, Service, Shackle, Sloth, Thankfulness, Thought For the Day, Worthy
Leave a comment
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 