Tag Archives: Benjamin Franklin

First Principles: We Must Indeed, All Hang Together, Or Most Assuredly We Shall Hang Separately

Posted on April 24, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“We must indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall hang separately.” – Benjamin Franklin

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First Principles: It Is Very Imprudent To Deprive America of Any of Her Privileges

Posted on April 23, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“It is very imprudent to deprive America of any of her privileges. If her commerce and friendship are of any importance to you, they are to be had on no other terms than leaving her in the full enjoyment of … Continue reading →

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First Principles: An Equal Dispensation of Protection, Rights, Privileges and Advantages Is What Every Part Is Entitled To and Ought To Enjoy

Posted on April 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If By the Liberty of the Press Were Understood Merely the Liberty of Discussing the Propriety of Public Measures and Political Opinions, Let Us Have As Much of It As You Please

Posted on April 6, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“If by the liberty of the press were understood merely the liberty of discussing the propriety of public measures and political opinions, let us have as much of it as you please: But if it means the liberty of affronting, … 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 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason.” – Benjamin Franklin (1735)

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First Principles: Without Freedom of Thought There Can Be No Such Thing As Wisdom; and No Such Thing As Public Liberty, Without Freedom of Speech

Posted on March 9, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Without Freedom of Thought there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as Public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech.” -Benjamin Franklin (1722)

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First Principles: Slavery Is Such An Atrocious Debasement of Human Nature, That Its Very Extirpation, If Not Performed With Solicitous Care, May Sometimes Open A Source of Serious Evils

Posted on March 6, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of serious evils.” -Benjamin Franklin (1789)

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First Principles: When the Well’s Dry, We Know the Worth of Water

Posted on February 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.” – Benjamin Franklin

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First Principles: War Is When the Government Tells You Who the Bad Guy Is. Revolution Is When You Decide That For Yourself

Posted on January 31, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

” War Is When the Government Tells You Who the Bad Guy Is. Revolution Is When You Decide That For Yourself” – Benjamin Franklin

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First Principles: A Republic, If You Can Keep It.

Posted on January 24, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“A republic, if you can keep it.” – Benjamin Franklin After the Biden Administration has repetitively stressed calling the American way of life over and over again, it seems there is no better time to remind those misinformed to read … Continue reading →

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