Tag Archives: First Principles

First Principles: It Will Be Of Little Avail To the People That the Laws Are Made By Me of Their Own Choice If the Laws Be So Voluminous That They Cannot Be Read, Or So Incoherent That They Cannot Be Understood

Posted on December 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.” – … Continue reading →

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First Principles: For God So Loved the World, That He Gave His Only Begotten Son, That Whosoever Believeth In Him Should Not Perish, But Have Everlasting Life

Posted on December 25, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” – John 3:16 Merry Christmas, one and all!

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First Principles: “The Only Foundation For…A Republic Is To Laid in Religion. Without This There Can Be No Virtue, and Without Virtue There Can Be No Liberty

Posted on December 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The only foundation for… a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments.” – Benjamin … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Wherever You Go, Go With All Your Heart

Posted on December 23, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius

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First Principles: Among the Natural Rights of the Colonists Are These: First A Right To Life, Secondly To Liberty, and Thirdly To Property; Together With the Right To Defend Them In the Best Manner They Can

Posted on December 23, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and”” thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.” – Samuel Adams

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First Principles: In the Same Way, Let Your Light Shine Before Others, That They May See Your Good Deeds and Glorify Your Father In Heaven

Posted on December 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” – Matthew 5:16 NIV

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First Principles: My Concern Is Not Whether God Is On Our Side; My Greatest Concern Is To Be On God’s Side. For God Is Always Right

Posted on December 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.” – Abraham Lincoln

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First Principles: To Preserve Liberty It Is Essential That the Whole Body of the People Possess Arms and Be Taught Alike, Especially When You, How To Use Them

Posted on December 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them; nor does it follow from this, that all promiscuously must go into … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Under the Clouds of War, It Is Humanity Hanging On A Cross of Iron

Posted on December 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not … Continue reading →

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First Principles: In Repentance and Rest Is Your Salvation, In Quietness and Trust Is Your Strength But You Would Have None of It

Posted on December 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:” “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.” – Isaiah 30:15 NIV

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