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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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First Principles: Though We Seek Peace, It Is Our Necessity To Provide For Defense By All Means

Posted on January 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Although our prospect is peace, our policy and purpose are to provide for defense by all those means to which our resources are competent.” – Thomas Jefferson

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First Principles: When War Is Required, We Must Meet Our Duty To Convince the World That We are Just Friends and Brave Enemies

Posted on January 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Whensoever hostile aggressions…require a resort to war, we must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies.” – Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Andrew Jackson (December 3, 1806) It’s been going on for quite some … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Universal Peace Will Never Exist But In the Imaginations of Visionary Philosophers Or the Breasts of Benevolent Enthusiasts

Posted on January 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“A universal peace, it is to be feared, 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)

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First Principles: Laws Made By Our Representatives Should Not Be So Voluminous That They Cannot Be Read Or So Incoherent As To Not Be Understood

Posted on January 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.” – James … Continue reading →

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