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First Principles: The Moral Principles and Precepts Contained In the Scriptures Ought To Form the Basis of All Our Civil Constitutions and Laws
“The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws . . . The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and his Apostles . … Continue reading
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Tagged Basis, Chistianity, Civil Constitution, Civil Liberty, First Principles, Government, Law, Noah Webster, Precepts, Scripture
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First Principles: Men Are Qualified For Civil Liberty In Exact Proportion To Their Disposition To Put Moral Chains Upon Their Own Appetites
“Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites…in proportion as they are more disposed to listen to the counsels of the wise and good, in preference to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Appetite, Civil Liberty, Counsel, Disposition, Edmund Burke, First Principles, Flateery, Knaves, Mankind, Moral Chains, Wise and Good
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First Principles: There Is Not A Single Instance In History In Which Civil Liberty Was Lost, and Religious Liberty Preserved Entire
“There is not a single instance in history in which civil liberty was lost, and religious liberty preserved entire. If therefore we yield up our temporal property, we at the same time deliver the conscience into bondage.” – John Witherspoon, … Continue reading
First Principles: Natural Liberty Is A Gift of the Beneficent Creator To the Whole Human Race, and That Civil Liberty Is Founded In That
“The fundamental source of all your errors, sophisms and false reasonings is a total ignorance of the natural rights of mankind. Were you once to become acquainted with these, you could never entertain a thought, that all men are not, … Continue reading
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Tagged Acquainted, Alexander Hamilton, All Men, Civil Liberty, Creator, Errors, False Reasonings, First Principles, Fundamental Source, Gift, Justice, Natural Liberty, Natural Rights of Mankind, Nature, Parity of Privileges, People, Sophisms, Thought, Total Ignorance, Violation, Whole Human Race, Wrested
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First Principles: The Press Is Impotent When It Abandons Itself To Falsehood
“But the fact being once established, that the press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood, I leave to others to restore it to its strength, by recalling it within the pale of truth.” – Thomas Jefferson (1805)
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Tagged Abandon, Civil Liberty, Equal, Falsehood, First Principles, Friend, Impotent, Noble Insitution, Others, Pale of Truth, Recall, Restore, Sicence, Strength, The Press, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: There Is Not A Single Instance In History In Which Civil Liberty Was Lost, and Religious Liberty Preserved Entire
“There is not a single instance in history in which civil liberty was lost, and religious liberty preserved entire. If therefore we yield up our temporal property, we at the same time deliver the conscience into bondage.” – John Witherspoon, … Continue reading
First Principles: The Press Is Impotent When It Abandons Itself To Falsehood
“But the fact being once established, that the press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood, I leave to others to restore it to its strength, by recalling it within the pale of truth.” – Thomas Jefferson (1805)
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Tagged Abandon, Civil Liberty, Equal, Established, Fact, Falsehood, First Principles, Friend, Impotent, Leave, Noble Institution, Others, Pale of Truth, Press, Recall, Restore, Science, Strength, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: There Is Not A Single Instance In History In Which Civil Liberty Was Lost, and Religious Liberty Preserved Entire
“There is not a single instance in history in which civil liberty was lost, and religious liberty preserved entire. If therefore we yield up our temporal property, we at the same time deliver the conscience into bondage.” – John Witherspoon, … Continue reading
First Principles: Natural Liberty Is A Gift of the Beneficent Creator To the Whole Human Race and…Civil Liberty Is Founded In That; and Cannot Be Wrested From Any People, Without the Most Manifest Violation of Justice
“…(N)atural liberty is a gift of the beneficent Creator to the whole human race, and that civil liberty is founded in that; and cannot be wrested from any people, without the most manifest violation of justice.” – Alexander Hamilton, in … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Make Mankind Wise and By That Very Operation You Make Them Free
“Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.” – William Godwin (1756-1836)
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Tagged Artillery, Civil Liberty, Consequence, Free, Mankind, Operation, Opinion, Stand, Thought For the Day, Usurped Power, William Godwin, Wise
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