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First Principles: As To My Title, I Know Not Wheter It Will Be Honorable or Dishonorable, the Issue of the War Must Settle It. Perhaps Our Congress Will Be Exalted On A High Gallows

Posted on August 22, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“As to my Title, I know not yet whether it will be honourable or dishonourable, the issue of the War must Settle it. Perhaps our Congress will be Exalted on a high Gallows.” – Abraham Clark

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First Principles: I Wonder Much That A Court of Law Should Be In Doubt Whether A Resolution of Congress Can Supercede the Law of A Sovereign State

Posted on August 11, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“I wonder much that a court of Law should be in doubt whether a Resolution of Congress can superceed the Law of a Sovereign State.” – William Whipple

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First Principles: A Declaration For This Purpose, I Expect, Will This Day Pass Congress…We Must Now Be A Free Independent State, Or A Conquered Country

Posted on July 2, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“While General Howe with a Large Armament is advancing towards New York, our Congress resolved to Declare the United Colonies free and Independent States. A Declaration for this Purpose, I expect, will this day pass Congress…It is gone so far … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Now More Than Ever, the People Are Responsible For the Character of Their Congress. If That Body Be Ignorant, Reckless, and Corrupt, It Is Because the People Tolerate Ignorance, Recklessness, and Corruption

Posted on March 21, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Powers of Congress Are Totally Inadequate To Preserve the Balance Between the Respective States, and Oblige Them To Do Those Things Which Are Essential

Posted on February 26, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things which are essential for their own welfare or for the general good.” – Henry Knox

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First Principles: One Useless Man Is A Shame, Two Is A Law Firm, and Three Is A Congress

Posted on October 30, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three is a Congress.” – John Adams

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The Truth About Power

Posted on July 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Truth About Powerby Michael DoyleThe edges of rationality tatterWhile the People determine what matters.If there is one thing needed to learned,It’s the limits of power properly discerned.When a jaded politician wants to steal the hour,Maybe it’s best to show … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The American Republic Will Endure Until the Day Congress Discovers That It Can Bribe the Public With the Public’s Money

Posted on July 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” – Alexis de Tocqueville

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First Principles: We the People Are the Rightful Masters of Both Congress and the Courts, Not To Overthrow the Constitution But To Overthrow the Men Who Pervert the Constitution

Posted on February 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” – Abraham Lincoln (The true story behind this attribution can be found here: … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Cannot Undertake To Lay My Finger On That Article of the Constitution Which Granted A Right To Congress of Expending, On Objects of Benevolence, the Money of Their Constituents

Posted on December 5, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” – James Madison

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