Tag Archives: Faction

Human Nature and Faction

Posted on April 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the early days of the American republic, human nature and faction were of some serious concern. I doubt that the Founding Fathers ever truly envisioned how egregious faction would grow in our society to the point where we can’t … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Political Parties May Answer Popular Ends But With the Course of Time Allow Unprincipled Persons To Usurp the Reins of Government

Posted on March 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Corrupt Press Deceives, Inflames, Dishonors Virtue, Stokes the Flames of Faction and Ends Its Own Enemy

Posted on April 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press. It is however, the prostituted companion of liberty, and somehow or other, we know not how, its efficient auxiliary. It follows the substance like its shade; but while … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Companion, Corrupt, Deceive, Dirt, Dishonor, Enemy, Faction, First Principles, Fisher Ames, For Sale, Freedom of the Press, Inflame, Liberty, Man, Shade, Shadow, Substance, Usurper, Virtue | Leave a comment

First Principles: An Active Executive Is Essential To Good Government

Posted on January 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the community against foreign attacks; it is not less essential to the steady administration of the laws; to the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Division Is Naturally Sown Among Mankind

Posted on October 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man.” – James Madison, Federalist No. 10 (1787)

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First Principles: Man’s Very Nature Causes Faction

Posted on October 2, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man.” —James Madison, Federalist No. 10 (1787) To read our founding fathers’ thoughts on faction please see: http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa10.htm

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First Principles: Beware of A Corrupt Press

Posted on May 16, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“[The press] corrupts, it deceives, it inflames. It strips virtue of her honors, and lends to faction its wildfire and its poisoned arms, and in the end is its own enemy and the usurper’s ally. It would be easy to … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Faction

First Principles: Political Parties May Answer Popular Ends But With the Course of Time Allow Unprincipled Persons To Usurp the Reins of Government

First Principles: A Corrupt Press Deceives, Inflames, Dishonors Virtue, Stokes the Flames of Faction and Ends Its Own Enemy

First Principles: An Active Executive Is Essential To Good Government

First Principles: Division Is Naturally Sown Among Mankind

First Principles: Man’s Very Nature Causes Faction

First Principles: Beware of A Corrupt Press

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