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First Principles: Either We Control the Government, Or, the Government Controls Us
“Either you will control your government, or government will control you.” – Ronald Reagan
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First Principles: We Must Adjust To Changing Times and Still Hold To Unchanging Principles
“We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.” – Jimmy Carter
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First Principles: A Strong Defense Is the Surest Way To Peace
“A strong defense is the surest way to peace. Strength makes detente attainable. Weakness invites war, as my generation – my generation – knows from four very bitter experiences. Just as America’s will for peace is second to none, so … Continue reading
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First Principles: Public Information Should Be Provided To the People To Keep Them Capable of Determining Their Own Destiny
“When information which properly belongs to the public is systematically withheld by those in power, the people soon become ignorant of their own affairs, distrustful of those who manage them, and — eventually — incapable of determining their own destinies.” … Continue reading
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First Principles: There Must Never Be A Separation of Religious Values From the Lives of Public Servants
“We need to remember that the separation of church and state must never mean the separation of religious values from the lives of public servants. . . If we who serve free men today are to differ from the tyrants … Continue reading
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First Principles: We Are As A People Opposed To Secret Societies, To Secret Oaths and To Secret Proceedings
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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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