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First Principles: God Demonstrates His Own Love For Us In This: While We Were Still Sinners, Christ Died For Us

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While wewere still sinners, Christ died for us.” – Romans 5:8

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First Principles: The Highest Glory of the American Revolution Was This: It Connected In One Indissoluble Bond the Principle of Civil Government With the Principles of Christianity

“The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.” – John Quincy Adams

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First Principles: It Is Not Enough To Acquire Wisdom, It Is Necessary To Employ It

“It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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First Principles: It Is the Reason Alone, of the Public, That Ought To Control and Regulate the Government

“It is the reason alone, of the public, that ought to control and regulate the government.” – James Madison (1788)

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First Principles: Let Every Nation Know, Whether It Wishes Us Well Or Ill, That We Shall Pay Any Price, Bear Any Burden, Meet Any Hardship, Support Any Friend, Oppose Any Foe, To Assure the Survival and the Success of Liberty

” Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” – John … Continue reading

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First Principles: For Although They Knew God, They Neither Glorified Him As God Nor Gave Thanks To Him, But their Thinking Became Futile and Their Foolish Hearts Were Darkened

“For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened” – Romans 1: 21

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First Principle: Government Is Not Reason; It Is Not Eloquent; It Is Force. Like Fire, It Is A Dangerous Servant and A Fearful Master

“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” – George Washington

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First Principles: Prosperity Is Only An Instrument To Be Used, Not a Deity To Be Worshipped

“Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshiped.” – Calvin Coolidge

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First Principles: The Future and Success of America Is Not In This Constitution But In the Laws of God Upon Which This Constitution Is Founded

“The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded. Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. … Continue reading

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First Principles: The Bravest Are Surely Those Who Have the Clearest Vision of What Is Before Them, Glory and Danger Alike, and Yet Notwithstanding, Go Out To Meet It

“The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.” – Thucydides

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