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First Principles: Religion and Good Morals Are the Only Solid Foundation of Public Liberty and Happiness

Posted on May 25, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.” – Samuel Adams (1778)

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First Principles: No Experiment Can Be More Interesting Than That We Are Now Trying, And Which We Trust Will End In Establishing the Fact, That Man May Be Governed By Reason and Truth

Posted on May 24, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the fact, that man may be governed by reason and truth. Our first object should therefore be, to leave open … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is Error Alone Which Needs the Support of Government. Truth Can Stand By Itself

Posted on May 21, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors?” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)

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First Principles: The Sacred Rights of Mankind Are…Written…In the Whole Volume of Human Nature, By the Hand of the Divinity Itself

Posted on May 21, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If the Federal Government Should Overpass the Just Bounds of Its Authority and Make A Tyrannical Use of Its powers, the People,…Must Appeal to the Standard They Have Formed

Posted on May 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people, whose creature it is, must appeal to the standard they have formed, and take such measures to redress … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Bill of Rights Establishes Some Rights of the Individual As Unalienable and Which Consequently, No Majority Has A Right To Deprive Them Of

Posted on May 19, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“[The Bill of Rights] establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of.” – Albert Gallatin (1789)

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First Principles: The Right of Freely Examining Public Characters and Measures…Has Ever Been Justly Deemed the Only Effectual Guardian of Every Other Right

Posted on May 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The right of freely examining public characters and measures … has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right.” – James Madison (1798)

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First Principles: I Offer Nothing More Than Simple Facts, Plain Arguments, and Common Sense

Posted on May 17, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense.” Thomas Paine, in Common Sense

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First Principles: Were We Directed From Washington When To Sow and When To Reap, We Should Soon Want Bread

Posted on May 16, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.” – Thomas Jefferson (1821)

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First Principles: The Accumulation of All Powers, Legislative, Executive and Judiciary, In the Same Hands…May Justly Be Pronounced the Very Definition of Tyranny

Posted on May 15, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” – James Madison (1788)

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