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First Principles: Every Friend To the Liberty of This Country Is Bound To Reflect, and Step Forward To Prevent the Dreadful Consequences Which Shall Result From A Government of Events

Posted on June 17, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events.” – Henry Knox

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First Principles: It Was Settled By the Constitution, the laws, and the Whole Practice of the Government That the Entire Executive Power Is Vested In the President of the United States

Posted on June 16, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States.” – Andrew Jackson

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First Principles: Let Us Not Be Unmindful That Liberty Is Power

Posted on June 15, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Let us not be unmindful that liberty is power, that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion to its numbers be the most powerful nation upon earth. Our Constitution professedly rests upon the good sense … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Government Should Not Be Guided By Temporary Excitement, But By Sober Second Thought

Posted on June 13, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought.” – Martin Van Buren

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First Principles: The Right of Self-Defense Never Ceases. It Is Among the Most Sacred, and Alike Necessary To Nations and To Individuals

Posted on June 10, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals.” – James Monroe

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First Principles: Where An Excess of Power Prevails, Property of No Sort Is Duly Respected. No Man Is Safe In His Opinions, His Person, His Faculties, Or His Possessions

Posted on June 9, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.” – James Madison

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First Principles: Perpetuity Is Stamped Upon the Constitution By the Blood of Our Fathers

Posted on June 8, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Perpetuity is stamped upon the Constitution by the blood of our fathers.” – Andrew Jackson

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First Principles: May He Be Blessed By the Lord, Whose Kindness Has Not Forsaken the Living Or the Dead

Posted on June 7, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“May he be blessed by the LORD, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!” – Ruth 2:20

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First Principles: The Evils We Experience Flow From the Excess of Democracy. The People Do Not Want Virtue, But Are the Dupes of Pretended Patriots

Posted on June 4, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended patriots.” – Elbridge Gerry

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First Principles: Between A Balanced Republic and A Democracy, the Difference Is Like That Between Order and Chaos

Posted on June 1, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.” – John Marshall

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