Tag Archives: First Principles

First Principles: States Have Rights Within Their Own Orbits

Posted on August 16, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Let our government be like that of the solar system. Let the general government be like the sun and the states the planets, repelled yet attracted, and the whole moving regularly and harmoniously in several orbits.” — John Dickinson (Delaware … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Revolution Was Fought For Freedom and Honest Persons

Posted on August 15, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.” —Thomas Paine (1777), in The American Crisis No. 4 This essay may be read in its entirety … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Art of Government Is In Honestly Doing One’s Duty

Posted on August 14, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.” —Thomas Jefferson (1774), in the Rights of British America

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First Principles: Term Limits Compels Consideration of the Governed

Posted on August 13, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Nothing so strongly impels a man to regard the interest of his constituents, as the certainty of returning to the general mass of the people, from whence he was taken, where he must participate in their burdens. – George Mason, Speech … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Part of the Greatness of America Rests In Learning From Mistakes

Posted on August 9, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.” – Alexis de Toqueville A classic example of this might currently be in how much latitude we … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Keeping Its Principles Is Fundamental to Good Government

Posted on August 8, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.” – Baron de Montesqieu

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First Principles: Perpetual Public Debt Brings Servitude of the People

Posted on August 7, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“I place economy among the first and important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our choice between economy and … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Resist the Tyranny That Would Attempt To Take Inalienable Rights

Posted on August 6, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual…continue steadfast and with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.” – John … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Do Not Squander Time

Posted on August 5, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.” – Benjamin Franklin Wiser words were seldom said by anyone than by one of the persons in history that I admire … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Republic Is the Only Government Not At War With Man

Posted on August 4, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.” —Thomas Jefferson (1790)

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