Tag Archives: First Principles

First Principles: The Same Prudence Which In Private Life Would Forbid Our Paying Our Own Money For Unexplained Projects, Forbids It In the Dispensation of the Public Moneys

Posted on February 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys.” – Thomas Jefferson (1808)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Dispensation, First Principles, Forbid, Money, Pay, Private Life, Prudence, Public Moneys, Thomas Jefferson, Unexplained Projects | Leave a comment

First Principles: Government Is Instituted To Protect Property of Every Sort; As Well That Which Lies In the Various Rights of Individuals

Posted on February 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses.” – James Madison (1792)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged End, First Principles, Govenrment, Government, Individuals, Instituted, James Madison, Property, Protect, Rights, Secure | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Dictates of Our Passions…Cannot Alter the State of Facts and Evidence

Posted on February 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” – John Adams (1770

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Alter, Dictates, Facts, Facts and Evdience, First Principles, Inclination, John Adams, Law, Passion, Stable, Stubborn Things, Wishes | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Whole Art of Government Consists In the Art of Being Honest. Only Aim To Do Your Duty, and Mankind Will Give You Credit Where You Fail

Posted on February 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.” – Thomas Jefferson (1774)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged 1774, A Summary View of the Rights of British America, Aim, Consists, Credit, Duty, Fail, First Principles, Government, Honest, Mankind, Whole Art | Leave a comment

First Principles: Nothing Is So Contagious As Opinion, Especially On Questions Which, Susceptible of Very Different Glosses, Begat In the Mind A Distrust of Itself

Posted on February 13, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Nothing is so contagious as opinion, especially on questions which, being susceptible of very different glosses, beget in the mind a distrust of itself.” – James Madison (1790)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Contagious, Different Glosses, Distrust, First Principles, James Madison, Mind, Nothing, Opinion, Questions | Leave a comment

First Principles: Government…Should Be Formed To Secure and Enlarge the Exercise of the Natural Rights of Its Members

Posted on February 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Government, in my humble opinion, should be formed to secure and to enlarge the exercise of the natural rights of its members; and every government, which has not this in view, as its principal object, is not a government of … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged First Principles, Government, Humble Opinion, James Wilson, Legitimate Kind, Members, Natural Rights, Principal Object, Secure and Enlarge | Leave a comment

First Principles: Become Honorable By Being Necessary

Posted on February 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, become honorable by being necessary.” – Nathan Hale, 1776

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Country, Exigencies, Expectation, First Principles, Honorable, Influence, Nathan Hale, Necessary, Pecuniary, Promotion, Public Good, Reward, Service, Useful | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Judicial Branch May Truly Be Said To have Neither Force Nor Will, But Merely Judgment

Posted on February 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“[The judicial Branch] may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm even for the efficacy of its judgments.” -Alexander Hamilton (1788)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Efficacy, Executive, First Principles, Judgment, Judgments, Judicial Branch, Neither Force, True, Will | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Principle of Spending Money To Be Paid By Posterity, Under the Name of Funding, Is But Swindling Futurity On A Large Scale

Posted on February 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged First Principles, Funding, Futurity, Large Scale, Paid, Posterity, Principle, Spending Money, Swindling, Thomas Jefferson | Leave a comment

First Principles: I Do Solemnly Swear That I Will Faithfully…To the Best of My Ability, Preserve, Protect, and Defend the Constitution of the United States

Posted on February 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” – Article II, Section 1, … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Ability, Article II Section I, Constitution, Constitution of the United States, Defend, Faithful, First Principles, Joe Biden, Office, Preserve, President, Protect, Solemn, United States | Leave a comment