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First Principles: Be A Person of Integrity Always
“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.” – George Washington
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First Principles: Control Must Come From Within Or From Without…
“Men, in a word, must necessarily be controlled either by a power within them or by a power without them; either by the Word of God or by the strong arm of man; either by the Bible or by the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bayonet, Bible, First Principles, Mankind, Outward Control, Robert Winthrop, Self Control
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First Principles: Our Constitution Is Meant For A Moral People
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Adams Some folks would like you to believe that’s a misquote. I just saw this as I … Continue reading
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First Principles: Immigration Includes A Reasonable Expectation of Assimilation
“The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be much questioned; for, by so doing, they retain the Language, habits and principles (good or bad) which they … Continue reading
First Principles: Wastefulness and Corruption Sow the Seeds of Our Destruction
“Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction.” — John Witherspoon (1776) Witherspoon was the only clergy man to sign the Declaration of Independence and ratify the Constitution. As … Continue reading
First Principles: A Nation Should Be Slow In Going Into War and Decisive When It Has Do So
“It is too true, however disgraceful it may be to human nature, that the nations in general will make war whenever they have a prospect of getting anything by it, nay that absolute monarchs, will often make war when their … Continue reading
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First Principles: Almost Everything Worthwhile Takes Time
“We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?” —John Page (1776) shortly after the Declaration of Independence was signed, … Continue reading
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Tagged Effort, First Principles, Governance, John Page, Preserverance, Success, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Action Plan – The Great Renewal
Every society has a fabric in which every thread works together to bring about a finished, lasting and dignified governance. During my lifetime, my fellow citizens and I have watched society’s fabric undergo a great unraveling. The changes brought about … Continue reading
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First Principles: Trying Times Take Courage To Facedown
THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man … Continue reading
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First Principles: Immigrants Conforming To Our Nation’s Principles and Laws Are Welcome
“Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in society, conforming, as I doubt not you will do, to our established rules. That these … Continue reading
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