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First Principles: Justice Is the End of Government. It Is the End of Civil Society
“Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.” – James Madison (1788)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Bounds of Authority, Civil Society, Constitution, End, Exigency, First Principles, Government, Ijury, James Madison, Justice, Justisy, Liberty, Lost, Obtain, Powers, Pursue, Pursuit, Standard, The People, Tyrannical Use
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First Principles: On Every Question of Construction Carry Ourselves Back To the Time the Constitution Was Adopted, Recollect the Spirit Manifested In the Debates
“On every question of construction carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text or invented against it, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adopt, Conform, Constitution, Construction, Debate, First Principles, Invent, Meaning, Passed, Probable, Question, Spirit, Squeeze, Text, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Our Constitution Is An Instrument For the People To Restrain the Government
“[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.” – Patrick Henry
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Tagged Constitution, First Principles, Governmet, Instrument, Patrick Henry, Restrain, The People
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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
“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
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Congress, Constitution, First Principles, Overthrow, Pervert, Rightful Masters, The Courts, We The People
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First Principles: No Man Can Well Doubt the Propriety of Placing A President of the United States Under the Most Solemn Obligations To Preserve, Protect, and Defend the Constitution
“No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution. It is a suitable pledge of his fidelity and responsibility to his country.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitution, Country, Defend, Fidelity, First Principles, Joseph Story, Obligation, Pledge, Preseve, President, Propriety, Protect, Responsibility, United States
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First Principles: A Constitution of Government Once Changed From Freedom Can Never Be Restored. Liberty, Once Lost, Is Lost Forever
“A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.” – John Adams (1775)
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First Principles: In Questions of Power, Then, Let No More Be Heard of Confidence In Man, But Bind Him Down From Mischief By the Chains of the Constitution
“In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1798)
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Tagged Bind, Chains, Confidence, Constitution, First Principles, Heard, Mischief, Power, Question, Thomas Jefferson
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Fairness of Trials Had
Fairness of Trials Hadby Michael DoyleIn this free land of dignity and rightThe Bill of Rights shines into the nightAmended to our Constitution, our governmentHolds these rights as something self-evidentThe fairness of trials in the Sixth AmendmentMay not seem as … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Amendment, Abuse of Authority, Bill of Rights, Chains of Tyranny, Confrontation, Constitution, Cower, Dignity, Equitable Sense, Fairness, Fairness of Trials, Feedoms, Founding Principle, Free Land, Government, Impartiality, Inspire, Legality, Love of Power, Mistreated, Pause, Poetry and Poems, Processes, Protected, Public Trial, Respected, Right, Right to Trial, Rights and Freedoms, Secure, Self-Evident, Shield, Sixth Amendment, The People, Trials, Unequal, Witnesses
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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
“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
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Happy Constitution and Citizenship Day!!
Today is a day that memorializes our Constitution and has become also Citizenship Day. For the United States, this should perhaps be observed with more vigor as we have clowns like Gavin Newsome increasingly pushing to overthrow our nation’s Constitution. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amendment Process, Celebrate, Citizenship, Clown, Compromises, Constitution, Gavin Newsome, Happy Citizenship Day!, Happy Constitution Day, More Perfect Union, Nation, Observation, Observe, Overrhrow, Republican Form of Government, Resource, Response, Thought For the Day, United States, Vigorous
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