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First Principles: Without Free Thought There Cannot Be Free Speech, Public Liberty Or Wisdom

Posted on March 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.” – Benjamin Franklin (1722)

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First Principles: Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death

Posted on March 22, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“There is a just God who presides over the destines of nations … who will raise up friends to fight our battle for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Make Our Wish To Be Useful In Serving Our Nation

Posted on March 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, become honorable by being necessary.” – Nathan Hale (1776)

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First Principles: Tyranny and Oppression Will Come To America In the Name of Fighting Some Foreign Enemy

Posted on March 20, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” -James Madison, fourth US president (16 Mar 1751-1836) Power corrupts, right? There is no greater time that those in power have … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Increasing Debt Leads To Sorrow

Posted on March 19, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.” —Benjamin Franklin (1758)

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First Principles: The Power of the People To Establish Government Presupposes the Duty of Individuals To Be Good Citizens

Posted on March 18, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.” – George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796 You may read the entirety of this address … Continue reading →

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First Principles: America’s Cause Is the World’s Cause

Posted on March 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.” – Thomas Paine The American experiment in the people ruling themselves is maybe the greatest and most noble experiment in the world’s history. Around the world … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Spirit of Liberty Respects and Insists On the Rights of Others

Posted on March 16, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own particular rights, but a respect for the rights of others, and an unwillingness that any man, whether high or low, should be wronged and trampled … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Sea of Liberty Is Often Rough

Posted on March 15, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.” – Thomas Jefferson (1820)

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First Principles: The Aim of Constitutions Is To Obtain Leaders Who Pursue the Common Good of Society

Posted on March 14, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society.” – James Madison (1788) … Continue reading →

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