Tag Archives: First Principles

First Principles: All of Mankind Are Equally Bound By the Laws of the Creator To Do No Injury To Our Neighbors

Posted on March 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“In the supposed state of nature, all men are equally bound by the laws of nature, or to speak more properly, the laws of the Creator. They are imprinted by the finger of God on the heart of man. Thou … Continue reading →

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First Principles: There Is A Just God Who Presides Over the Destinies of Nations

Posted on March 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“There is a just God who presides over the destines of nations … who will raise up friends to fight our battle for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is By Rendering Justice To Other Nations That We Can Expect It From Them

Posted on March 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It is by rendering justice to other nations that we can expect it from them.” – James Monroe (1823) Annual Message to Congress

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First Principles: The Ordaining of Laws In Favor of One Part of the Nation, To the Prejudice and Oppression of Another, Is Certainly the Most Erroneous Policy

Posted on March 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“History affords us many instances of the ruin of states, by the prosecution of measures ill suited to the temper and genius of their people. The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice … Continue reading →

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First Principles: However Weak Our Country May Come To Be, I Hope We Never Sacrifice Our Liberties

Posted on March 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“However weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties.” – Alexander Hamilton

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First Principles: A Nation, Despicable By Its Weakness, Forfeits Even the Privilege of Being Neutral

Posted on March 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 11

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First Principles: Difficulties Are Meant To Rouse, Not Discourage

Posted on March 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.” – William Ellery

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First Principles: All Power Is Vested In and…Derived From the People

Posted on March 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amendable to them.” – George Mason, in the Virigina Bill of Rights

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First Principles: The Ingredients Which Constitute Energy In the Executive Are, Unity; Duration; Its Support; and Competent Powers

Posted on March 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The ingredients which constitute energy in the Executive are, first, unity; secondly, duration; thirdly, an adequate provision for its support; fourthly, competent powers. … The ingredients which constitute safety in the republican sense are, first, a due dependence on the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: My First Wish Is For America To Be Free

Posted on March 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“My first wish is for America to be free.” – John Penn, Congressional Delegate Having been unschooled as a child, later in life John Penn availed himself of the advantages procured from a well endowed library taking this advantage to … Continue reading →

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