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First Principles: Where An Excess of Power Prevails, Property of No Sort Is Duly Respected. No Man Is Safe In His Opinions, His Person, His Faculties, Or His Possessions
“Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.” – James Madison
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Tagged Faculties, First Principles, James Madiison, Manknd, Opinion, Person, Possession, Property, Respect, Safety
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First Principles: Perpetuity Is Stamped Upon the Constitution By the Blood of Our Fathers
“Perpetuity is stamped upon the Constitution by the blood of our fathers.” – Andrew Jackson
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Tagged Andrew Jackson, Blood and Brutality, Constitutioon, First Principles, Our Fathers, Perpetuity, Stamp
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First Principles: May He Be Blessed By the Lord, Whose Kindness Has Not Forsaken the Living Or the Dead
“May he be blessed by the LORD, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!” – Ruth 2:20
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Tagged Blessed, Dead, First Principles, Kindness, Kinsman - Redeemer, Living, Lord, Naomi, Ruth, Ruth 2:20, Withdrawn
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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
“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
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Tagged Dupes, Elbridge Gerry, Evil, Excesss, Experience, First Principles, Patriot, Pretense, Virtue
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First Principles: Between A Balanced Republic and A Democracy, the Difference Is Like That Between Order and Chaos
“Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.” – John Marshall
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First Principles: The Freedom For Which They Died, Must Endure and Prosper…Freedom Is Not Bought Cheaply. It Has A Cost
“The United States and the freedom for which it stands, the freedom for which they died, must endure and prosper. Their lives remind us that freedom is not bought cheaply. It has a cost; it imposes a burden. And just … Continue reading
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Tagged Burden, Cheaply, Commenraate, Cost, Death, Endure, First Principles, Freedom, Give, Lives, Prosper, Ronald Reagan, Sacrifice, United States
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First Principles: But Gideon Said To Them, “I Will Not Rule Over You, Nor Shall My Son Rule Over You; the Lord Shall Rule Over You
“But Gideon said to them, ‘I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; the Lord shall rule over you.’”– Judges 8:23
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First Principles: Democracy Will Soon Degenerate Into An Anarchy…No Man’s Life Or Property Or Reputation Or Liberty Will Be Secure
“[D]emocracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man’s life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchy, Degeneration, Democracy, First Principles, John Adams, Moral Virtes, Subordination
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First Principles: To the Distinguished Character of Patriot, It Should Be Our Highest Glory To Add the More Distinguished Character of Christian
“While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the … Continue reading
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Tagged Attentionn, Character, Christian, Duty, First Principles, George Washngton, Glory, Good Citzen, Higher Duty, Patriot, Perfomance, Religiion, Soldier
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Podcast Episode: Freedom Faith And Character
Pip: alohapromisesforever has been quietly building something — a site that reads like a commonplace book crossed with a chapel crossed with a very well-curated argument about what it means to be human. Mara: That’s the territory we’re covering today … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Christianity, Faith, First Principles, God, Jesus, moraliity, Music, Poetry, Thought For the Day
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