Tag Archives: First Principles

First Principles: Fathers, Do Not Exasperate Your Children; Instead, Bring Them Up In the Training and Instruction of the Lord

Posted on July 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Fathers,[do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” – Ephesians 6:4

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First Principles: While Men Inhabiting Different Parts of This Vast Continent Cannot Be Expected To Hold the Same Opinions, They Can Unite In A Common Objective and Sustain Common Principles

Posted on July 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can unite in a common objective and sustain common principles.” – Franklin Pierce

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First Principles: It Is Better To Make A Mistake With Full Force of Your Being Than To Carefully Avoid Mistakes With A Trembling Spirit

Posted on July 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It is better to make a mistake with full force of your being than to carefully avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit.” – Socrates

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First Principles: I Am A Friend To Righteous Government…Founded Upon the Principles of Reason and Justice; But I Glory In Publicly Avowing My Eternal Enmity To Tyranny

Posted on July 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“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, in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Strongest Reason For the People To Retain Their Right To Keep and Bear Arms Is As A Last Resort To Protect Themselves Against Tyranny In Government

Posted on July 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The strongest reason for the people to retain their right to keep and bear arms is as a last resort to protect themselves against tyranny in government.” Thomas Jefferson, in the Draft of the Virginia Constitution (June 1776)

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First Principles: Listening To Democrats Complain About Inflation Is Like Listening To Germs Complain About Disease

Posted on July 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Listening to Democrats complain about inflation is like listening to germs complain about disease.” – Spiro T. Agnew To understand this in a more factual way and without Agnew’s disparagement: Three Faulty Policy Lessons for Democrats on Inflation | Cato … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The American Republic Will Endure Until the Day Congress Discovers That It Can Bribe the Public With the Public’s Money

Posted on July 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” – Alexis de Tocqueville

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First Principles: My God Sent His Angel and Shut the Mouths of the Lions

Posted on July 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions.” – Daniel 6:22 NIV

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First Principles: A Government For the People Must Depend For Its Success On the Intelligence, the Morality, the Justice, and the Interest of the People Themselves

Posted on July 5, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.” – Grover Cleveland

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First Principles: The God Who Gave Us Life, Gave Us Liberty At the Same Time

Posted on July 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.” – Thomas Jefferson Happy Fourth of July!!

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