Tag Archives: Country

Thought For the Day: Architecture Aims At Eternity

Posted on October 20, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Architecture has its political Use; publick Buildings being the Ornament of a Country; it establishes a Nation, draws People and Commerce; makes the People love their native Country, which Passion is the Original of all great Actions in a Common-wealth…. … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Well, There Doesn’t Seem Anything Else For An Ex-President To Do But To Go Into the Country and Raise Big Pumpkins

Posted on October 18, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Well, there doesn’t seem anything else for an ex-President to do but to go into the country and raise big pumpkins.” – Cheater A. Arthur

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First Principles: If Ever A Time Should Come When Vain and Aspiring Men Shall Possess the Highest Seats In Government, Our Country Will Stand In Need of Its Experienced Patriots To Prevent Its Ruin

Posted on September 28, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“If ever a time should come when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.” – Samuel Adams It seems we have arrived … Continue reading →

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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

Posted on September 23, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“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

Posted on August 31, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“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

Posted on August 6, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“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

Posted on July 18, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“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

Posted on July 6, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“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

Posted on June 17, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“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

Posted on May 29, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“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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