Flickr Photos
If you appreciate my work, please buy me a coffee
$3.00
Tag Archives: First Principles
First Principles: Do Not Be Too Timid and Squeamish About Your Actions. All Life Is An Experiment. The More Experiments You Make the Better
“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Action, Better, Experiment, First Principles, Life, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Squeamish, Timid
Leave a comment
First Principles: Be At War With Your Vices, At Peace With Your Neighbors, and Let Every New Year Find You A Better Man
“Be at War with your Vices, at Peace with your Neighbors, and let every New-Year find you a better Man.” – Benjamin Franklin
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Better Man, First Principles, Neighbors, New Year, Peace, Vices, War
Leave a comment
First Principles: The Only Limit To Our Realization of Tomorrow Is Our Doubts of Today
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Doubt, First Principles, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Only Limit, Realization, Today, Tomorrow
Leave a comment
First Principles: There Is Nothing Which I Dread So Much As A Division of the Republic Into Two Great Parties, Each Arranged Under Its Leader, and Concerting Measures In Opposition To Each Other
“There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded … Continue reading
First Principles: Children Should Be Educated and Instructed In the Principles of Freedom
“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.” – John Adams
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Children, Educated, First Principles, Freedom, Instructed, John Adams, Principles
Leave a comment
First Principles: And We Know That In All Things God Works For the Good of Those Who Love Him, Who Have Been Called According To His Purposes
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” – Romans 8:28
Posted in First Principles
Tagged All Things, Called, First Principles, God, Good, His Purpose, Know, Romans 8:28, Those Who Love Him, Works
Leave a comment
First Principles: Gravity Explains the Motions of the Planets, But It Cannot Explain Who Sets the Planets In Motion
“Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.” – Isaac Newton
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Explain, First Principles, Gravity, Isaac Newton, Motion, Planets, Set, Who
Leave a comment
First Principles: Where Is the Security For Property, For Reputation, For Life, If the Sense of Religious Obligation Deserts the Oaths…?
“Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths…?” – George Washington (1796)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged First Principles, George Washington, Life, Oath, Property, Religious Obligation, Reputation, Security, Sense
Leave a comment
First Principles: This Process of Election Affords A Moral Certainty That the Office of President Will Seldom Fall To the Lot of Any Man Who Is Not In Eminent Degree Endowed With the Requisite Qualifications
“This process of election affords a moral certainty that the office of President will seldom fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.” – Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. … Continue reading
First Principles: For Unto Us A Child Is Born, Unto Us A Son Is Given; and the Government Will Be Upon His Shoulder…His Name Will Be Called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, …Prince of Peace
“For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” -Isaiah 9:6
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Born, Child, Counselor, Everlasting Father, First Principles, Given, Government, His Name, Isaiah 9:6, Mighty God, Prince of Peace, Shoulder, Son, Wonderful
Leave a comment


