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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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First Principles: 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, Becomes Honorable By Being Necessary
“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, becomes honorable by being necessary. If the exigencies of my country demand a … Continue reading
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Tagged Expectation, First Principles, Honor, Influence, Nathan Hale, Necessary, Public Good, Reward, Service, Useful
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First Principles: It’s Not What We Profess, But What We Practice That Gives Us Integrity
“It’s not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.” – Francis Bacon
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First Principles: We Are Too Much Engrossed By the Story of the Present To Think of the Character and Anecdotes That Gave Interest To the Past
“How idle a boast, after all, is the immortality of a name! Time is ever silently turning over his pages; we are too much engrossed by the story of the present to think of the character and anecdotes that gave … Continue reading
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Tagged Age, Anecdotes, Boast, Character, First Principles, Forgotten, Immortllty, Interest, Name, Pages, Past, Present, Story, Time, Volume, Washington Irving
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First Principles: Bad Men Cannot Make Good Citizens. It Is When A People Forget God That Tyrants Forge Their Chains
“Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Men, First Principles, God, Good Citizens, Patrick Henry, Tyrants
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First Principles: A People Who Mean To Be Free Must Be Prepared To Meet Danger In Person, and Not Rely Upon the Fallacious Protection of Armies
“A people who mean to be free must be prepared to meet danger in person, and not rely upon the fallacious protection of armies” – Edmund Randolph
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Tagged Army, Danger, Edmund Radolph, First Principles, Free, People, Personal, Preparationi, Protectoi, Reliance
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First Principles: Liberty Consists In the Freedom To Do Everything Which Injures No One Else
Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of … Continue reading
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Tagged Exercise, First Principles, Frreedom, Injure, Libertty, Limitt, Marquis de Lafayette, Mutual Rights, No One Else
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First Principles: Her Children Rise Up and Call Her Blessed; Her Husband Also, and He Praises Her: ‘Many Women Have Done Excellently, But You Surpass Them All
“Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.“– Proverbs 31:28-29 Happiest of Mother’s Days!!
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Tagged Blessed, Children, Excellence, First Principles, Husband, Praise, Proverbs 31:28-29, Rise Uo, Surpass, Women
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