Tag Archives: Citizens

The Wonderous Sea’s Coral Reef

Posted on May 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Wonderous Sea’s Coral Reefby Michael DoyleThere’s a moving declaration of loveDedicated to the beauty of Mother OceanIt is as pristine as the heavens aboveThis water planet deserves our devotionJacques Cousteau was like a father to us allSharing underwater images … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Any Direction, Beauty, Citizens, Clams, Clownfish and Sea Anemone, Colonial Animals, Coral Reef, Cost, Course Correction, Crown of Thorns, Declaration of Love, Devotion, Dignity, Divers, Dolphin, Dream, Drift, Dust, Ecological Balance, Endanger, Evidence, Fate, Fiji, Filter, Form, Function, Heart, Heavens Above, Human Cities, Humble, Jacques Cousteau, Keeper of Balance, Life, Limestone, Lost, Lungs and Hearts, Majesty, Mankind, Meaning, Moments of Play, Mother Ocean, Natural Alliance, Nature's Trust, Nudibranchs and Flatworms, Oasis, Pay, Plankton, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Pristine, Pulsations of Life, Scraps, Sea, Selfish Pleasure, Skeletons, Slow, Strategies, Structural Firmament, Struggle, Survival, Swim, Symbiotic Partners, Triton's Horn, Tropics, Underwater Images, Vain Price, Variable, Wander, Water Planet, Worms and Mollusks, Wounded Reef | Leave a comment

First Principles: I Now Make It My Earnest Prayer That God Would Have You, and the State Over Which You Preside In His Holy Protection

Posted on May 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Brotherly Affection, Characteristics of the Divine, Charity, Circular Letter of Farewell, Citizens, Citizens of the United States, Earnest Prayer, First Principles, George Washington, God, Government, Hearts, Holy Protection, Humility, Justice, Mery, Obedience, Our Blessed Religion, State, Subordination | Leave a comment

First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit, and Intelligence of the Citizens

Posted on April 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Betray, Citizens, Dare, Fall, First Principles, Flatter, Honest, Intelligence, Justice Joseph Story, Profligate, Public Council, Public Spirit, Republics, Reward, The People, Virtue, Wise | Leave a comment

First Principles: Of All the Disposition and Habits Which Lead to Political Prosperity, Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports

Posted on March 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness — these … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit, and Intelligence of the Citizens. They Fall, When the Wise Are Banished From the Public Councils

Posted on March 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Banish, Citizens, Created, Fall, First Principles, Intelligence, Joseph Story, Public Councils, Public Spirit, Republics, Virtue, Wise | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Name of American, Which Belongs To You, In Your National Capacity, Must Always Exalt the Just Pride of Patriotism

Posted on March 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: It Is Wrong and Ultimately Self-Defeating For A Nation of Immigrants To Permit the Kind of Abuse Our Immigration Laws We Have Seen

Posted on January 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“All Americans, not only in the states most heavily affected, but in every place in this country are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country. The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged 1995, Abuse, All Americans, Barbara Jordan, Bill Clinton, Burden, Citizens, Country, Illegal Aliens, Illegal Hiring, Immigration Laws, Legal Migrants, Nation of Immigrants, Nation of Laws, Self-Defeating, State of the Union, Thought For the Day, Welfare Benefits | Leave a comment

First Principles: History and Experience Prove That Foreign Influence Is One of the Most Baneful Foes of Republican Government

Posted on December 22, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Right of the Citizens To Keep and Bear Arms Has Justly Been Considered, As the Palladium of the Liberties of A Republic

Posted on November 29, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Most Sacred of the Duties of A Government Is To Do Equal and Impartial Justice To All Its Citizens

Posted on October 6, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“[T]he most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)

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