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First Principles: I Am One But Still I Am One. I Cannot Do Everything, But Still I Can Do Something
“I am only one but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something.” – Edward Everett
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First Principles: No People Can Be Bound To Acknowledge and Adore the Invisible Hand Which Conducts the Affairs of Men More Than the People of the United States
“(I)t would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official Act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the Universe, who presides in the Councils of Nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, … Continue reading
First Principles: God Created Mankind In His Own Image, In the Image of God He Created Them; Male and Female He Created Them
“God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” – Genesis 1:27 NIV
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First Principles: Men Are Qualified For Civil Liberty In Exact Proportion To Their Disposition To Put Moral Chains Upon Their Own Appetites
“Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites…in proportion as they are more disposed to listen to the counsels of the wise and good, in preference to the … Continue reading
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First Principles: Next To the Right of Liberty, the Right of Property Is the Most Important Individual Right Guaranteed By the Constitution
“Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution and the one which, united with that of personal liberty, has contributed more to the growth of civilization than any … Continue reading
First Principles: A Government For the People Must Depend For Its Success On the Intelligence, the Morality, the Justice, and the Interest of the People Themselves
“A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.” – Grover Cleveland
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First Principles: A Government Which Lays Taxes On the People Not Required By Urgent Public Necessity and Sound Public Policy Is Not A Protector of Liberty, But An Instrument of Tyranny
“A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.” – Calvin Coolidge
First Principles: Since We Are Surrounded By Such A Great Cloud of Witnesses, Let Us Throw Off Everything That Hinders and the Sin That So Easily Entangles
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the … Continue reading
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First Principles: The Adherence of the United States To the Monroe Doctrine May Force the United States, However Reluctantly, In Flagrant Cases of Such Wrong Doing..To the Exercise of International Police Power
“In the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrong doing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power” – Theodore … Continue reading
First Principles: Legislation Can Neither Be Wise Nor Just Which Seeks the Welfare of A Single Interest At the Expense and To the Injury of Many and Varied Interests
“Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.” – Andrew Johnson
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