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First Principles: The Essential Principles Of Our Government Are Equal and Exact Justice To All Whatever Persuasion

Posted on January 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our Government… Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever persuasion, religious or political.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)

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First Principles: We Must Keep United To Attain Our Objectives Or Become An Easy Conquest

Posted on January 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“If we move in mass, be it ever so circuitously, we shall attain our object; but if we break into squads, everyone pursuing the path he thinks most direct, we become an easy conquest to those who can now barely … Continue reading →

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First Principles: No People Will Tamely Surrender Their Liberties Or Be Easily Subdued When Knowledge Is Diffused and Virtue Is Preserved

Posted on January 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved. On the contrary, when people are universally ignorant, and debauched in their manners, they will sink under their own … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Those Born In Other Countries Have the Right To Join American Society As Long As They Conform To Our Established Rules

Posted on January 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in society, conforming, as I doubt not you will do, to our established rules.” – Thomas … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Life of the Nation Is Secure Only While The Nation Is Honest, Truthful and Virtuous

Posted on January 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.” – Frederick Douglass

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First Principles: National Defense Is One of the Cardinal Duties of A Statesman

Posted on January 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman.” – John Adams (1815) This bears repeating giving the hew and cry about the decision to take out a terroristic mastermind and a few of his cronies doesn’t it? … Continue reading →

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First Principles: All Tyranny Needs To Gain A Foothold Is For People of Good Conscience To Remain Silent

Posted on January 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“We in America do not have government by the majority—we have government by the majority who participate…. All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” – Thomas Jefferson

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First Principles: The Longer We Live, the More Convincing Proofs Are Seen That God Governs In the Affairs of Men

Posted on January 8, 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: If America Desires To Avoid Insult and Secure Peace, We Must Be Ready For War At All Times

Posted on January 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Surest Means of Avoiding War Is To Be Prepared For It In Peace

Posted on January 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It is important also to consider, that the surest means of avoiding war is to be prepared for it in peace.” – Joseph Story

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