Tag Archives: First Principles

First Principles: Stick Up For What You Believe In, But, Readily Admit When You Are Wrong

Posted on August 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.” – Andrew Jackson

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First Principles: Our Motives To Act In Life Should Be the Relief of the Distressed; the Detection of Frauds; the Defeat of Oppression; and the Diffusion of Happiness

Posted on August 20, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Learning is not virtue but the means to bring us an acquaintance with it. Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Let these be your motives to action through life, the relief … Continue reading →

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First Principles: When the Government Violates the People’s Rights, Insurrection Is the Most Sacred of Rights and Most Indispensable of Duties

Posted on August 19, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“When the government violates the people’s rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties.” – Marquis de Lafayette

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First Principles: Virtue, Morality and Religion Are the Armor That Renders Us Invincible

Posted on August 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“. . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we should study. If we lose these, we are conquered, fallen indeed . . . so … Continue reading →

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First Principles: United We Stand, Divided We Fall

Posted on August 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs.” – Patrick Henry

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First Principles: Dependence Begets Subservience and Venality

Posted on August 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)

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First Principles: It Is the Influence of Christianity That Has Brought Civil Freedom and Social Happiness Which Mankind Enjoys

Posted on August 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoys…. Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government, and all blessings which … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Harder the Conflict, the More Glorious the Triumph

Posted on August 14, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine

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First Principles: The Future Success of America Is In the Laws of God On Which Our Constitution Is Founded

Posted on August 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.” – James Madison

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First Principles: The Best Form of Government Is That Which Most Likely Prevents the Greatest Sum of Evil

Posted on August 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.” – James Monroe

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