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WordPress #Daily Prompt – July 15 – Moxie
56 men stepped forward and signed their names to the Declaration of Independence. Having heard that perhaps King George III lacked vision, John Hancock signed his name especially large. He had perhaps the most to lose. That took a lot … Continue reading
First Principles: Honest Friendship With All, Entanglements With None
“Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations…entangling alliances with none” – Thomas Jefferson Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address can be read in its entirety here: http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres16.html
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Tagged Alliances, Commerce, Entangle, First Inaugural Address, First Principles, Foreign Policy, Friendship, Honest, Peace, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Man Is Ruled Either By God or By Bayonet
“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, Robert Winthrop, Self Control, Speaker of the House, Strong Armed
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First Principles: The Accumulation of Power Into the Hands of the Few Leads To Tyranny
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny. “ – James Madison, in Federalist … Continue reading
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First Principles: Seeming Misfortunes Are Often Blessings In Disguise
“A few years’ experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings.” – George Mason, Father of the Bill of Rights
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Tagged Bill of Rights, Blessings, Disguised, Experience, First Principles, Founding Father, George Mason, Misfortunes
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First Principles: A Person’s Home Is Their Castle
“One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one’s house. A man’s house is his castle.”– James Otis, On the Writs of Assistance (1761)
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Tagged Castle, English, First Principles, Freedom, Home, James Otis, Liberty, On the Writs of Assistance
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First Principles: Good Morals Are the Only True Support of Good Government
“For avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy… the only ground of hope must be on the morals of the people. I believe that religion is the only solid base of morals and that morals are the only possible support … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchy, Despotism, Duties, Education, Exremes, First Principles, Free Government, Freedom, Morals, Religion
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First Principles: Acquiring Knowledge and Wisdom Is Necessary to Self-Government
“Nothing could be more irrational than to give the people power, and to withhold from them information without which power is abused. A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with power which knowledge gives. A … Continue reading
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First Principles: All Are Created Equal With Inalienable Rights
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” – Thomas Jefferson Time … Continue reading
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Tagged Creator, Declaration of Independence, Endowed, Equal, First Principles, Liberty, Life, Pursuit of Happiness, Self-Evident, Truths, Unalienable
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First Principles: A Juror Has A Duty to Follow the Juror’s Conscience
“It is not only [the juror’s] right, but his duty…to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, judgment, and conscience, though in direct opposition to the direction of the court.” — John Adams, 1771 (2nd US President)
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Tagged Bill of Rights, Consience, Duty, First Principles, John Adams, Judgment, Juror, Understanding
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