Tag Archives: Evils

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

Posted on June 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“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 (1744-1814)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: One Who Condones Evils Is Just As Guilty As the One Who Perpetrates It

Posted on April 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., civil-rights leader (1929-1968)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

First Principles: It Is A Happy Circumstance In Human Affairs That Evils Which Are Not Cured In One Way Will Cure Themselves In Some Other

Posted on November 23, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“It is a happy circumstance in human affairs that evils which are not cured in one way will cure themselves in some other.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Sinclair, 1791

Posted in First Principles | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: As Knowledge Spreads, Wealth Spreads. To Diffuse Knowledge Is to Diffuse Wealth

Posted on October 4, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“General education is the best preventive of the evils now most dreaded. In the civilized countries of the world, the question is how to distribute most generally and equally the property of the world. As a rule where education is most general the distribution … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

First Principles: False Is the Idea of Utility That Sacrifices A Thousand Real Advantages For One Imaginary or Trifling Inconvenience; That Would Take Fire From Men Because It Burns, and Water Because One May Drown In It; That Has No Remedy For Evils Except Destruction

Posted on April 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Evils of Tyranny Are Rarely Seen But By Him Who Resists it

Posted on March 24, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

 “The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it.” – John Hay (1838-1905)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

First Principles: To Right Our Republic’s Course We Must Restore Our First Principles

Posted on August 22, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.” – Montesquieu, in … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment