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Thought For the Day: If More Politicians In This Country Were Thinking About the Next Generation Instead of the Next Election, It Might Be Better For the United States and the World

Posted on September 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.” -Claude Pepper, senator and representative (8 Sep 1900-1989)

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First Principles: It Cannot Be Based On Works; If It Were, Grace Would No Longer Be Grace

Posted on May 25, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.” – Romans 11:6

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First Principles: This Process of Election Affords A Moral Certainty That the Office of President Will Seldom Fall To the Lot of Any Man Who Is Not In Eminent Degree Endowed With the Requisite Qualifications

Posted on December 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“This process of election affords a moral certainty that the office of President will seldom fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.” – Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. … Continue reading →

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First Principles: To Preserve Their Independence, We Must Not Let Our Rulers Load Us With Perpetual Debt. We Must Make Our Election Between Economy and Liberty, Or Profusion and Servitude

Posted on December 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“To preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.” – Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Samuel Kercheval (1816)

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First Principles: We Must Not Let Our Rulers Load Us With Perpetual Debt

Posted on March 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)

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First Principles: We Must Make Our Election Between Economy and Liberty, or Profusion and Servitude

Posted on July 26, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“We must make our election between economy and Liberty, or profusion and servitude.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)

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Thought For the Day: Networks Don’t Get To Decide Elections, Courts Do

Posted on November 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Networks don’t get to decide elections, courts do.” – Rudy Giuliani

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Thought For the Day: An Election Is Nothing More Than the Advanced Auction of Stolen Goods

Posted on October 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.” – Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

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Thought For the Day: This Is the Issue of This Election: Whether We Believe In Our Capacity For Self-Government

Posted on July 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It’s time we asked ourselves if we still know the freedoms intended for us by the Founding Fathers. James Madison said, ‘We base all our experiments on the capacity of mankind for self-government.’ This idea that government was beholden to … Continue reading →

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Turbo Charged

Posted on April 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

American History continues through the Kennedy presidency. Turbo Charged by Michael Doyle Nixon versus Kennedy; election 1960 Workhorse versus glamor; it hits me That the sleek athleticism of the New Frontier Was as distinctive as this election year The torch … Continue reading →

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