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First Principles: If Virtue & Knowledge Are Diffused Among the People, They Will Never Be Enslav’d. This Will Be Their Good Security
“If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslav’d. This will be their great security.“ – Samuel Adams
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First Principles: But As For Me and My Household, We Will Serve the Lord
“ But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for … Continue reading
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First Principles: I Am A Friend To Righteous Government, To A Government Founded Upon the Principles of Reason and Justice; But I Glory In Avowing My Eternal Enmity To Tyranny
“Some boast of being friends to government; I am a friend to righteous government, to a government founded upon the principles of reason and justice; but I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.” – John Hancock
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First Principles: Experience Has Shown That the Trade of the East Is the Key to National Wealth and Influence
“Experience has shown that the trade of the East is the key to national wealth and influence.” – Chester A. Arthur
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First Principles: The Establishment of the National Park Service Is Justified By Considerations of Good Administration, of the Value of Natural Beauty As A National Asset
“The establishment of the National Park Service is justified by considerations of good administration, of the value of natural beauty as a National asset, and of the effectiveness of outdoor life and recreation in the production of good citizenship.” – … Continue reading
First Principles: Accept the One Whose Faith Is Weak, Without Quarreling Over Disputable Matters
“Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters.” – Romans 14:1 NIV
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First Principles: We Cannot Learn From One Another Until We Stop Shouting At One Another, Until We Speak Quietly Enough So That Our Words Can Be Heard
“In these difficult years, America has suffered from a fever of words; from inflated rhetoric that promises more than it can deliver; from angry rhetoric that fans discontents into hatreds; from bombastic rhetoric that postures instead of persuading. We cannot … Continue reading
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First Principles: In Disquisitions of Every Kind There Are Certain Primary Truths, Or First Principles, Upon Which All Subsequent Reasoning Must Depend
“In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend.” – Alexander Hamilton, in Federalist No. 31 (1788)
First Principles: The Tree of Liberty Must Be Refreshed From Time To Time With the Blood of Patriots and Tyrants
“The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” – Thomas Jefferson
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