Tag Archives: First Principles

First Principles: Stability In Government Is Essential To National Character and To the Advantages Annexed It

Posted on November 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it, as well as to that repose and confidence in the minds of the people, which are among the chief blessings of civil society.” – James … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, For It Is the Power of God To Salvation For Everyone Who Believes, For the Jew First and Also For the Greek

Posted on November 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.” – Romans 1:16

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First Principles: Gratitude Bestows Reverence, Allowing Us To Encounter Everyday Epiphanies…That Change Forever How We Experience Life and the World

Posted on November 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” – John Milton

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First Principles: It Is One of My Sources of Happiness Never To Desire A Knowledge of Other People’s Business

Posted on November 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people’s business.” – Dolly Madison Maybe we’d all be best advised to live more this way than to seek to undermine each other all the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Commercial Policy Should Hold and Equal and Impartial Hand: Neither Seeking Nor Granting Exclusive Favours or Preferences

Posted on November 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Harmony, liberal intercourse with all Nations, are recommended by policy, humanity and interest. But even our Commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand: neither seeking nor granting exclusive favours or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing … Continue reading →

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First Principles: National Defense Is One of the Cardinal Duties of A Statesman

Posted on November 5, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman.” – John Adams (1815)

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First Principles: Let There Be No Change By Usurpation; For Though This, In One Instance, May Be the Instrument of the Good, It Is the Customary Weapon By Which Free Governments Are Destroyed

Posted on November 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Only A Virtuous People Are Capable of Freedom. As Nations Become Corrupt and Vicious, They Have More Need of Masters

Posted on November 3, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” – Benjamin Franklin

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First Principles: For Everything That Was Written To Teach Us, So That Through the Endurance Taught In the Scriptures and the Encouragement They Provide We Might Have Hope

Posted on November 2, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope. “ – Romans 15:4 NIV

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First Principle: I Am Opposed To Any Form of Tyranny Over the Mind of Man

Posted on November 1, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man.” – Thomas Jefferson

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