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First Principles: We Must Be Guided By An Exalted Justice and Benevolence
“It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great Nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a People always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.” — George Washington … Continue reading
First Principles: American Character Is Our Anchor
“The steady character of our countrymen is a rock to which we may safely moor.” —Thomas Jefferson (1801) Don’t wait for help. Be the help! I am so proud of the Cajun Navy right now. And I want to know … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchor, Cajun Navy, Character, First Principles, Floods, Heroes, Mooring, Rock, Safety, Steady, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Involve Children In What You Would Have Them Learn
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I may remember. Involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin
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First Principles: The Right To Peacefully Dissent Is Fundamental To America
“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like … Continue reading
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Tagged Dissent, First Amendment, First Principles, Free Speech, Government, Natural Law, Opinions, Resistance, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Live Life In Moderation
“Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.” – Benjamin Franklin Prudence in our daily dealings is the way to go. We must use reason and care without being excessively anxious, of course, to live life … Continue reading
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Tagged Avoidance, Benjamin Franklin, Extremes, First Principles, Forgive, Moderation, Prudence
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First Principles: Our Constitution Was Made Only For A Moral and Religious People
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution … Continue reading
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First Principles: To Right Our Republic’s Course We Must Restore Our First Principles
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.” – Montesquieu, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Corruption, Evils, First Principles, Government, History, Jefferson, Montesquieu, Remedy, Removal, Republic, Restoration, Spirit of the Laws
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First Principles: Science Opens Eyes To Truth
“All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles … Continue reading
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Tagged First Principles, Inquiry, Investigation, Rights of Man, Science, Thomas Jefferson, Truth
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First Principles: The Precious Blessings of America Need To Be Appreciated
“How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!” – Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to James Monroe, on June 17, 1785 It is too easy to … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Appreciation, Be, Believe, Blessings, Dream, First Principles, Future, Gratitude, History, James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: It Is God, Not Man’s Words That Protect Us From Corruption
“The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institution may be abused by human depravity; and that they may even, in some instances be made subservient to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Faith, First Inaugural Address, First Principles, George Washington, God, Humanity, Unalienable Rights, Word of God
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