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First Principles: A Sacred Respect For the Constitutional Law Is the Vital Principle, the Sustaining Energy of A Free Government
“A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.” – Alexander Hamilton (1794)
First Principles: The Spring Is Now Approaching, and With It, I Hope, A Revival of Our Spirits and Fortunes. Here Spring Symbolizes Hope and Renewal
“The spring is now approaching, and with it, I hope, a revival of our spirits and fortunes.” Here, spring symbolizes hope and renewal, paralleling his optimism for the revolutionary cause.” – John Adams, in a letter to Abigail Adams on … Continue reading
First Principles: The Earth Laughs In Flowers
“The earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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First Principles: Government Has No Right To Control Individual Liberty Beyond What Is Necessary To the Safety and Well-Being of Society
“Government has no right to control individual liberty beyond what is necessary to the safety and well-being of society. Such is the boundary which separates the power of the government and the liberty of the citizen or subject in the … Continue reading
First Principles: If We Command Our Wealth, We Shall Be Rich and Free. If Our Wealth Commands Us, We Are Poor Indeed
“If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.” – Edmund Burke
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First Principles: We Were Therefore Buried With Him Through Baptism Into Death In Order That, Just As Christ Was Raised From the Dead Through the Glory of the Father, We Too May Live A New Life
“We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.” – Romans 6:4
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First Principles: The Preservation of the Sacred Fire of Liberty, and the Destiny of the Republican Model of Government…Staked On the Experiment Entrusted To the Hands of the American People
“The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.” – George Washington (1789)
First Principles: Happiness Depends More Upon the Internal Frame of A Person’s Own Mind Than On the Externals In the World
“Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.” – George Washington
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First Principles: The Storm of Frenzy and Faction Must Inevitably Dash Itself In Vain Against the Unshaken Rock of the Constitution
“The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.” -James Buchanan
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First Principles: Moderation In Temper Is Always A Virtue, But Moderation In Principle Is Always A Vice
“Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice.” – Thomas Paine
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