Tag Archives: First Principles

First Principles: America Will Never Be Destroyed From the Outside. If We Falter And Lose Our Freedoms, It will Because We Destroyed Ourselves

Posted on April 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.’ – Abraham Lincoln

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First Principles: Religion, In Its Purity, Is…Obedience To God In Improvement of Self and Benevolence To Men

Posted on April 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the pursuit of all that is high and holy. Its foundation is faith; its action, works; its temper, holiness; … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Laws Should Be Rigidly Enforced Which Prohibit the Immigration of A Servile Class To Compete With American Labor, With No Intention of Citizenship

Posted on April 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The laws should be rigidly enforced which prohibit the immigration of a servile class to compete with American labor, with no intention of acquiring citizenship, and bringing with them and retaining habits and customs repugnant to our civilization” – Grover … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Stepping Up In Opposition

Posted on April 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Stepping up in opposition to the gravitational suck of those who attempt to redefine what freedom and liberty mean: A fundamental difference between the allegedly progressive and true classical liberal idealists, now called conservatives, is in how freedom and … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Each Department Is Truly Independent of the Others, and Has An Equal Right To Decide For Itself What Is the meaning of the Constitution

Posted on April 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“My construction of the constitution is very different from that you quote. It is that each department is truly independent of the others, and has an equal right to decide for itself what is the meaning of the constitution in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Of the Many Influences That Have Shaped the United States Into A Distinctive Nation and People, None May Be Said To Be More Fundamental and Enduring Than the Bible

Posted on April 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Of the many influences that have shaped the United States into a distinctive nation and people, none may be said to be more fundamental and enduring than the Bible.” – Ronald Reagan

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First Principles: If Christ Is In You, Though the Body Is Dead Because of Sin, Yet the Spirit Is Alive Because of Righteousness

Posted on April 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.” – Romans 8:10

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First Principles: The Secret of Freedom Lies In Educating People, Whereas the Secret of Tyranny Is In Keeping Them Ignorant

Posted on April 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.” – Maximilien Robespierre

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First Principles: A Nation That Destroys Its Soil Destroys Itself

Posted on April 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“A Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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First Principles: Responsibility, In Order To Be Reasonable, Must Be Limited To Objects Within the Power of the Responsible Party

Posted on April 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Responsibility, in order to be reasonable, must be limited to objects within the power of the responsible party, and in order to be effectual, must relate to operations of that power, of which a ready and proper judgment can be … Continue reading →

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