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First Principles: I Congratulate You, My Fellow-Citizens, Upon the High State of Prosperity To Which the Goodness of Divine Providence Has Conducted Our Common Country. Let Us Invoke A Continuance of the Same

“I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country. Let us invoke a continuance of the same protecting care which has led us from small beginnings … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A True Patriot Will Defend His Country From Its Government

“A true patriot will defend his country from its government.” – Thomas Jefferson

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First Principles: Sad Will Be the Day When the American People Forget Their Traditions and Their History, and No Longer Remember …Their Country

“Sad will be the day when the American people forget their traditions and their history, and so longer remember that the country they love, the institutions they cherish, and the freedom they hope to preserve, were born from the throes … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The World Looks Toward Us As A Country That May Become A Great Nursery of Arts and Sciences

“The world looks toward us as a country that may become a great nursery of arts and sciences.”– Francis Hopkinson

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First Principles: There Is Liberty and Fire Enough; It Only Requires the Application of the Bellows. Blow Then, A Blast That Will Shake This Country

“There is liberty and fire enough; it only requires the application of the bellows. Blow then, a blast that will shake this country.” – William Ellery

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First Principles: Every Friend To the Liberty of This Country Is Bound To Reflect, and Step Forward To Prevent the Dreadful Consequences Which Shall Result From A Government of Events

“Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events.” – Henry Knox

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First Principles: This Country Cannot Afford To Be Materially Rich and Spiritually Poor

“This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.” – John F. Kennedy Happy Anniversary of your birth, Mr. President!

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Thought For the Day: May God Save the Country, For It Is Evident That the People Will Not

“May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not.” – Millard Fillmore

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Bonhoeffer, Part 4 (Dirty Hands)

Dirty Handsby Michael DoyleThe truth speaks loudly, and sometimes too much.There is a penalty for doing such.Sometimes, the things we do break us in two.That’s not too much of a price to pay for you.So, our Lord, beloved, was there … Continue reading →

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First Principles: No Longer A Government By Free Opinion… and the Vote of the Majority, But A Government By the Opinion and Duress of A Small Group of Dominant Men

“I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are … Continue reading →

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