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First Principles: The Magistrate Is Not the King. The People Are the King.
“This magistrate is not the king. The people are the king.” Gouverneur Morris Someone should alert the radical Left that they didn’t even get this one correct. Because the follow up sentiment to this is: That the King is simply … Continue reading
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Tagged Citizens, Civics, Constitutional Convention, Criminal Illegal Aliens, First Principles, First Servant, Frederick the Great, George Washington, Gouverneur Morris, Immigration, King, Laws of the Nation, Political Philosophy, Radical Left, The People, United States
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First Principles: The Evils We Experience Flow From the Excess of Democracy. The People Do Not Want Virtue, But Are the Dupes of Pretended Patriots
“The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended patriots.” – Elbridge Gerry, Constitutional Convention (May 31, 1787)
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Tagged Constitutional Convention, Democracy, Dupes, Elbridge Gerry, Evil, Excess, Experience, First Principles, Pretended Patriots, The People, Virtue
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First Principles: A Republic, If You Can Keep It.
“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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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Biden Administration, Chaos, Constitutional Convention, Constitutional Representative Republic, Democracy, First Principles, James Madison, Keep It, Notes From the Constitutional Convention, Referendum, Republic, Self-Destructive, The Federalist Papers
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On the 1619 Project
An ahistorical work that seeks to repudiate the founding principles of America won the Pulitzer Prize today. In my eyes, all luster is now gone to both the Nobel prizes and the Pulitzer with this move. It’s not … Continue reading
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Happy Constitution Day!!
Constitution Day or Citizenship Day is a federal observance normally observed on September 17th. On that day in 1787, the delegates at the Constitution Convention signed the Constitution in Philadelphia!! When the 17th falls on a weekend, the observance is … Continue reading
First Principles: Constitutional Interpretation Is Dependent On Original Intent
“On every question of construction [of the Constitution], let us 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 … Continue reading
First Principles: The Importance of the Right to Bear Arms
“The ultimate authority … resides in the people alone. … [T]he advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation … forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any…”. … Continue reading
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