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First Principles: If Their Rejection Brought Reconciliation To the World, What Will Their Acceptance Be But Life From the Dead?
“If their rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?” – Romans 11:15
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First Principles: An Honest Public Servant Can’t Become Rich In Politics. He Can Only Attain Greatness and Satisfaction By Service
“An honest public servant can’t become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.” – Harry S. Truman (Compare the losses taken by Donald Trump vs. the gains by Pelosi, Feinstein, Schumer, the Bidens, etc.)
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First Principles: Remember Not Only To Say the Right Thing In the Right Place, But Far More Difficult Still, To Leave Unsaid the Wrong Thing At the Tempting Moment
“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” – Benjamin Franklin
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First Principles: Of All the Disposition and Habits Which Lead To Political Prosperity, Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports
“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.” – George Washington
First Principles: A Good End Cannot Sanctify Evil Means; Nor Must We Ever Do Evil, that Good May Come Of It
“A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.” – William Penn
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First Principles: Our Defense Is In the Preservation of the Spirit Which Prizes Liberty As A Heritage of All Men, In All Lands, Everywhere
“Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.” – Abraham Lincoln
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First Principles: For the Love of Country They Accepted Death, and Thus Resolved All Doubts, and Made Immortal Their Patriotism and Their Virtue
“For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.” – James A. Garfield In memoriam for this Memorial Day: Please take a moment to say a prayer for the … Continue reading
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First Principles: It Cannot Be Based On Works; If It Were, Grace Would No Longer Be Grace
“And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.” – Romans 11:6
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First Principles: Every Government Degenerates When Trusted To the Rulers of the People Alone. The People Themselves, Therefore, Are Its Only Safe Depositories
“Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
First Principles: The Only Limit To Our Realization of Tomorrow Will Be Our Doubts of Today
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
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