Tag Archives: First Principles

First Principles: We Are As A People Opposed To Secret Societies, To Secret Oaths and To Secret Proceedings

Posted on November 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.” – John F. Kennedy President Kennedy would be ashamed … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Beware of the Passion That Wrests the Scepter From Reason

Posted on November 1, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever character composed, passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason.” – James Madison, Federalist 55

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First Principles: We, The People, Elect Leaders Not To Rule But To Serve

Posted on October 31, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“We the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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First Principles: America Is Built On Courage, Imagination and An Unbeatable Determination

Posted on October 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” – Harry S. Truman

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First Principles: Whoever Seeks To Set One Group of Americans Against Another, Seeks To Degrade All

Posted on October 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions-bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. Whoever seeks to set one nationality against another, seeks to degrade all nationalities.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Freedom Is the Open Window Through Which Pours the Sunlight of the Human Spirit and Human Dignity

Posted on October 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.” – Herbert Hoover

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First Principles: The Weak Cannot Be Built Up By Pulling Down the Strong

Posted on October 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.” – Calvin Coolidge

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First Principles: The Fundamental Trouble With the People of the United States Is That We Have Gotten Too Far Away From God

Posted on October 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“I have been thinking a lot about these things as I have come to the realization of the tremendous responsibilities which rest upon me. It is my conviction that the fundamental trouble with the people of the United States is … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Nation Which Does Not Remember What It Was Yesterday, Does Not Know What It Is Today, Nor What It Is Trying To Do

Posted on October 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do. We are trying to do a futile thing if we do not know where we came … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Constitutions Act As Restraint On the Hasty Action of the Majority

Posted on October 24, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority of them to secure sober action and a respect for the rights of the minority.” – William Howard Taft … Continue reading →

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