Tag Archives: First Principles

First Principles: The Bible Teaches Us the Way To Be Happy In This World and In the Next

Posted on March 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If We Mean To Have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, We Should Have Learned Women

Posted on March 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women. The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Rebellion To Tyrants Is Obedience To God

Posted on March 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.” – Benjamin Franklin

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First Principles: Political Parties May Answer Popular Ends But With the Course of Time Allow Unprincipled Persons To Usurp the Reins of Government

Posted on March 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Universal Peace Only Exists In the Imagination of Visionary Philosophers and Breasts of Benevolent Enthusiasts

Posted on March 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“A universal peace … is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary philosophers, or in the breasts of benevolent enthusiasts.” – James Madison (1792) Two seemingly contradictory statements. Yet, we find the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Never Let A Difference of Opinion In Politics, Religion Or Philosophy Be A Cause From Withdrawing From A Friend

Posted on March 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson

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First Principles: To Restore Harmony As One People Acting As One Nation Should Be the Object Of Every Patriot

Posted on March 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“To restore … harmony … to render us again one people acting as one nation should be the object of every man really a patriot.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)

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First Principles: God Governs In the Affairs of Men

Posted on March 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth – that god governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Fondness For Power Is Implanted, In Most Men, and It Is Natural To Abuse It

Posted on March 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired.” – Alexander Hamilton (The Farmer Refuted, 1775) Read the full originating source here: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0057

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First Principles: Arguing With Persons Lacking Reason Is Like Giving Medicine To the Dead

Posted on February 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.” – Thomas Paine

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