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First Principles: The Cause of America Is the Cause of All Mankind

Posted on January 3, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.” – Thomas Paine (1776) You may read Common Sense by Thomas Paine here: http://www.bartleby.com/133/ …and you should… 😉

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First Principles: Children Should Be Educated In The Principles of Freedom

Posted on January 2, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.” –John Adams They aren’t any more. That’s why so many problems are festering until they reach the surface. So may of these are based on sheer ignorance of what … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Change Is the Only Constant; Adapt and Thrive

Posted on January 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Change is the only constant in life, one’s ability to adapt to that change determines success in life.” – Benjamin Franklin What were your goals this year? I am running so far behind. I think after I post a poem … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Private Morality Must Precede Public

Posted on December 31, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“If individuals be not influenced by moral principles; it is in vain to look for public virtue; it is, therefore, the duty of legislators to enforce, both by precept and example, the utility, as well as the necessity of a … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Let the New Year Find You A Better Person

Posted on December 31, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” ~ Benjamin Franklin These thoughts apply equally to every man and woman. Now, I know that very … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Charity Should Be Given On A Local Level

Posted on December 30, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“It is a duty certainly to give our sparings to those who want; but to see also that they are faithfully distributed, and duly apportioned to the respective wants of those receivers. And why give through agents whom we know … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The People Have A Right To Redress Governmental Excess

Posted on December 29, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people … must appeal to the standard they have formed, and take such measures to redress the injury done … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is From God That We Gain Our Intended and Useful Vocations

Posted on December 28, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.” — George Washington (1790) … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Steady Employment and Regular Worship Is For the Nation’s Good

Posted on December 27, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The almost general mediocrity of fortune that prevails in America obliging its people to follow some business for subsistence, those vices, that arise usually from idleness, are in a great measure prevented. Industry and constant employment are great preservatives of … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Disarming the People Is the Surest Way To Enslaving Them

Posted on December 26, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.” — George Mason, Speech During Virginia’s Convention to Ratify the Constitution, 1788 … Continue reading →

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