Tag Archives: Benjamin Franklin

First Principles: Resolve To Perform What You Ought. Perform Without Fail What You Resolve

Posted on June 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve.” – Benjamin Franklin (1771)

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First Principles: It Is the First Responsibility of Every Citizen To Question Authority

Posted on April 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” – Benjamin Franklin

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Posted on April 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

First Principles: The Longer I Live, the More Convincing Proofs I See of This Truth, That God Governs In the Affairs of Men “The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this Truth, that God governs in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Here Comes the Orator! With His Flood of Words, and His Drop of Reason

Posted on March 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason.” – Benjamin Franklin (1735) Did anyone else find that State of the Union Address less than unifying?

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First Principles: Strive To Be the Greatest Man In Your Country, and You May Be Disappointed. Strive To Be the Best and You May Succeed

Posted on February 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Strive to be the greatest man in your country, and you may be disappointed. Strive to be the best and you may succeed: he may well win the race that runs by himself.” – Benjamin Franklin (1747)

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First Principles: If You Would Be Loved, Love, and Be Loveable

Posted on February 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I You Would Be Loved, Love and Be Loveable.” – Benjamin Franklin

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First Principle: Agriculture, the Only Honest Way, Wherein A Man Receives A Real Increase of the Seed Thrown Into the Ground, In A Kind of Continual Miracle

Posted on February 6, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their conquered neighbors. This is robbery. The second by commerce, which is generally cheating. The third … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Half the Truth Is Often A Great Lie

Posted on January 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Half the truth is often a great lie.” -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (17 Jan 1706-1790)

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First Principles: Moses Lifting Up His Wand, and Dividing the Red Sea, and Pharaoh In His Chariot Overwhelmed With the Waters. This Motto: “Rebellion To Tyrants Is Obedience To God

Posted on January 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Moses lifting up his wand, and dividing the red sea, and pharaoh in his chariot overwhelmed with the waters. This motto: ‘Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.’” – Benjamin Franklin, on being appointed to a committee to draft a … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Never Doubted, For Instance, the Existence of the Deity; That He Made the World, and Governed It By His Providence

Posted on January 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I never doubted, for instance, the existence of the Deity; that he made the world, and governed it by his Providence; that the most acceptable service of God was the doing good to man; that our souls are immortal; and … Continue reading →

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