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First Principles: Be A Free Thinker and Don’t Accept Everything You Hear As Truth. Be Critical and Evaluate What You Believe In

Posted on August 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Be a free thinker and don’t accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.” – Aristotle

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First Principles: Laws Are Made For Men of Ordinary Understanding and Should, Therefore, Be Construed By the Ordinary Rules of Common Sense

Posted on July 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Greater Part of Our Misery Or Unhappiness Is Determined Not By Our Circumstance But By Our Disposition

Posted on July 30, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.” – Martha … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Public Cannot Be Too Curious Concerning the Characters of Public Men

Posted on July 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.” -Samuel Adams (1775)

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First Principles: Be Joyful In Hope, Patient In Affliction, Faithful In Prayer

Posted on July 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” – Romans 12:12

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First Principles: Courage Is Not Having the Strength To Go On; It’s the Going On When You Don’t Have the Strength

Posted on July 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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First Principles: Honesty Is the First Chapter In the Book of Wisdom

Posted on July 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” – Thomas Jefferson

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First Principles: The Truth of These Days Is Not That Which Really Is, But What Every Man Persuades Another Man To Believe

Posted on July 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The truth of these days is not that which really is, but what every man persuades another man to believe.” – Michel de Montaigne

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First Principles: The Advancement and Diffusion of Knowledge Is the Only Guardian of True Liberty

Posted on July 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” – James Madison

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First Principles: When We Are Planning For Posterity, We Ought To Remember That Virtue Is Not Hereditary

Posted on July 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” ― Thomas Paine, Common Sense

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