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First Principles: It Will Not Be Denied That Power Is Of An Encroaching Nature and That It Ought To Be Effectually Restrained From Passing the Limits Assigned To It
“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.” – James Madison (1788)
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First Principles: On This National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, We Ask Almighy God To Watch Over Our Nation and Grant As Patience and Resolve In All That Is To Come
“On this National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, we ask almighty God to watch over our nation, and grant us patience and resolve in all that is to come. We pray that He will comfort and console those who now … Continue reading
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Tagged Ask, First Pricniples, George W. Bush, God, Nation, National Day of Prayer, Patience, Pray, Promise, Remembrance, Resolve, Sorrow
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First Principles: Hold Fast To the Bible As The Sheet-Anchor of Your Liberties; Write Its Precepts In Your Hearts, and Practice Them In Your Lives
“Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives.” – Ulysses S. Grant
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Tagged First Pricniples, Heart, Liberties, Lives, Practice, Precepts, Sheet-Anchor, The Bible, Ulysses S. Grant
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First Principles: The Most Sacred of the Duties of A Government Is To Do Equal and Impartial Justice To All Citizens
“The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all citizens.” —Thomas Jefferson (1816)
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First Principles: A Democracy Is A Volcano Which Conceals the Fiery Materials of Its Own Destruction. These Will Produce an Eruption and Carry Desolation In Their Way
“A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.” – Fisher Ames I really dislike when I hear any American political leader mislead the … Continue reading
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Tagged Concel, Democracy, Desolation, Destruction, Erupt, First Pricniples, Fisher Ames, Material, Volcano
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First Principles: If Virtue and Knowledge Are Diffused Among the People, They Will Never Be Enslaved
“If Virtue & Knowledge are diffused among the People, they will never be enslav’d. This will be their great Security.” – Samuel Adams (1779)
First Principles: How Prone All Human Institutions Have Been To Decay;…Impelled As It Were By An Irresistable Fate of Despotism
“How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check and totally dissolve; how difficult it has been for mankind, in all ages and countries, to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ages, All Human Insituttions, Check, Countries, Decay, Despotism, Difficult, Dissolve, Fate, First Pricniples, Governments, Impelled, Irresistable, James Monroe, Mankind, Prone, Rights and Privileges
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First Principles: Justice Is the End of Government. It Is the End of Civil Society. It Ever Has Been and Ever Will Be Pursued Until It Is Obtained
“Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.” – James Madison (1788)
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Tagged End of Civil Society, End of Government, First Pricniples, James Madison, Justice, Liberty, Lost, Pursue, Pursuit, Will Not Obtain
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