Tag Archives: First Principles

First Principles: It Is Preposterous To Attempt Separating the Law of Nature From the Law of Revelation

Posted on September 10, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The law of nature and the law of revelation are both Divine: they flow, though in different channels, from the same adorable source. It is indeed preposterous to separate them from each other.” – James Wilson, of the Law of … Continue reading →

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First Principles: National Defense Is A Cardinal Duty

Posted on September 9, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman.” – John Adams, 1815

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First Principles: Falseness of Tongue Leads To Falseness of Heart

Posted on September 7, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good disposition.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785)

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First Principles: It Is Dearness That Gives Everything Its Value

Posted on September 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.” – Thomas Paine, 1776

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First Principles: The United States Will Continue Richly Blessed As Long As We Follow God

Posted on September 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“No country upon earth ever had it more in its power to attain these blessings than United America. Wondrously strange, then, and much to be regretted indeed would it be, were we to neglect the means and to depart from … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Principle of Association Guarantees Everyone the Right To Free Exercise of Industry and the Right To the Fruit Acquired

Posted on September 3, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Determine To Die Or Be Free

Posted on September 2, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Nevertheless, to the persecution and tyranny of his cruel ministry we will not tamely submit — appealing to Heaven for the justice of our cause, we determine to die or be free.” – Joseph Warren, American account of the Battle … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It is Our Duty To Resist Wrongful Force Exerted For Bad Purposes

Posted on August 31, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Has force, exerted for the purposes of malevolance, a right to command? Can it impose an obligation to obey? No. Resistance to such force is a right, and, if resistance can prove effectual, it is a duty also.” – James … Continue reading →

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First Principles: No Constitution Can Stand Alone Against Boundless Ambition and Corrupted Morals

Posted on August 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“No compact among men … can be pronounced everlasting and inviolable, and … no mound of parchment can be so formed as to stand against the sweeping torrent of boundless ambition on the one side, aided by the sapping current … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Facts Are Stubborn Things

Posted on August 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” – John Adams (1770)

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