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First Principles: When We Honor Our Flag, We Honor What We Stand For As A Nation – Freedom, Equality, Justice, and Hope
“When we honor our flag, we honor what we stand for as a nation—freedom, equality, justice, and hope.” – Ronald Reagan
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Tagged Equality, First Principles, Flag, Freedom, Honor, Hope, Justice, Nation, Ronald Reagan
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First Principles: There Can Be No Greater Error Than To Expect, Or Calculate Upon Real Favours From Nation to Nation. ‘Tis An Illusion Which Experience Must Cure
“There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favours from Nation to Nation. ’Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.” – George Washington (1796)
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Tagged Caculate, Cure, Error, Expect, Experience, Favor, First Principles, George Washington, Illusion, Nation
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First Principles: Immigration Is Not Just A Link To America’s Past; It’s Also a Bridge To America’s Future
“Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans-liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal-the largest voluntary migrations in recorded history. Across the Pacific, across the Atlantic, they came from every point on the compass-many passing beneath the Statue … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Bridge, First Principles, Future, George H.W. Bush, Illegal Migration, Immigration, Legal Migration, Link, Past
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First Principles: Knowledge of the Oceans Is More Than A Matter of Curiosity. Our Very Survival May Hinge Upon It
“Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it.” – John F. Kennedy
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Tagged Curiosity, First Principles, John F. Kennedy, Knowledge, Matter, Ocean, Survival
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First Principles: If the Laws Are To Be So Trampled Upon With Impunity, and A Minority Is To Dictate To the Majority, There Is An End Put At One Stroke To Republican Government
“If the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put at one stroke to republican government, and nothing but anarchy and confusion is to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Dictate, End, First Principles, George Washington, Impunity, Law, Majority, Minority, Republican Government, Stroke, Trampled
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First Principles: We Must Not Let Our Rulers Load Us With Perpetual Debt
“We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)
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Tagged First Principles, Independencee, Perpetual Debt, Preserve, Rulers, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Do Not Conform To the Pattern of This World, But Be Transformed By the Renewing of Your Mind
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” – Romans 12:2 NIV
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Tagged Conform, First Principles, Mind, Pattern, Renew, Romans 12:2, Transform
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First Principles: The Legislative Department Is Everywhere Extending the Sphere Of Its Activity and Drawing All Power Into Its Impetuous Vortex
“The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.” – James Madison (1788)
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Tagged Acttivity, All Power, Department, First Principles, James Madison, Legislative, Sphere, Vorttex
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First Principles: Let Us Not Seek the Republican Answer Or the Democratic Answer, But the Right Answer
“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” – John F. Kennedy
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Tagged Answer, Blame, Democratic, First Principles, Future, John F. Kennedy, Past, Republican, Responsibility, Right Answer, Seek
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First Principles: There Is No Art Which Government Sooner Learns of Another Than That of Draining Money From the Pockets of the People
“There is no art which government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.” – Adam Smith
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