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First Principles: Nothing Is More Essential To the Establishment of Manners In A State Than That All Persons Employed In Places of Power and Trust Must Be Men of Unexceptionable Characters

Posted on October 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.” – Samuel Adams (1775)

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First Principles: If the Citizens Neglect Their Duty and Place Unprincipled Men In Office, the Government Will Soon Be Corrupted

Posted on October 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . . If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect … Continue reading →

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First Principles: States, Like Individuals, Who Observe Their Engagements, Are Respected and Trusted: While the Reverse Is the Fate of Those Who Pursue Opposite Conduct

Posted on October 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.” – Alexander Hamilton (1790)

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First Principles: It Is In the Interest of Tyrants To Reduce the People To Ignorance and Vice. For They Cannot Live In Any Country Where Virtue and Knowledge Prevail.

Posted on October 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.” – Samuel Adams

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First Principles: If…There Be Any Kindness I Can Show, Or Any Good Thing I Can Do To Any Fellow Being, Let Me Do It Now…I Shall Not Pass This Way Again

Posted on October 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Should Be Our Endeavor To Cultivate the Peace and Friendship of Every Nation

Posted on October 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

““It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation.” – Thomas Jefferson (1787)

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First Principles: Let Us Recollect That Peace Or War Will Not Always Be Left To Our Option.. However Moderate or Unambitious We May Be

Posted on October 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.” – Alexander Hamilton … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Are Either A United People, Or We Are Not. If the Former, Let Us, In All Matters of General Concern Act As A Nation

Posted on October 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“We are either a United people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all matters of general concern act as a nation, which have national objects to promote, and a national character to support. If we are … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Civilization Is A Hopeless Race To Discover Remedies For the Evils It Produces

Posted on October 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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First Principles: The Laws of Nature Are the Laws of God, Whose Authority Can Be Superseded By No Power On Earth

Posted on October 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The laws of nature are the laws of God, whose authority can be superseded by no power on earth.” – George Mason

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