Tag Archives: First Principles

First Principles: Naked I Came From My Mother’s Womb and Naked I will Depart. The Lord Gave and the Lord Has Taken Away; May the Name of the Lord Be Praised

Posted on March 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart.[a]The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” – Job 1:21

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First Principles: Do What You Can, With What You Have, Where You Are

Posted on March 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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First Principles: Here Comes the Orator! With His Flood of Words, and His Drop of Reason

Posted on March 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason.” – Benjamin Franklin (1735) Did anyone else find that State of the Union Address less than unifying?

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First Principles: The Mild Voice of Reason, Pleading the Cause of An Enlarged and Permanent Interest, Is But Too Often Drowned

Posted on March 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The mild voice of reason, pleading the cause of an enlarged and permanent interest, is but too often drowned, before public bodies as well as individuals, by the clamors of an impatient avidity for immediate and immoderate gain.” – James … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Truth Can Stand By Itself. Subject Opinion To Coercion: Whom Will You Make Your Inquisitors

Posted on March 6, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors?” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)

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First Principles: If the Public Are Bound To Yield Obedience To Laws To Which They Cannot Give Their Approbation, They Are Slaves To Those Who Make Such Laws and Enforce Them

Posted on March 5, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“If the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.” – Samuel Adams (1772)

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First Principles: Truly I Tell You, Among Those Born of Women There Has Not Risen Anyone Greater Than John the Baptist; Yet Whoever Is Least In the Kingdom of Heaven Is Greater Than He

Posted on March 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.” – Matthew 11:11 (NIV)

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First Principles: The Great Leading Objects of the Federal Government…Are To Maintain Domestic Peace, and Provide For the Common Defense

Posted on March 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The great leading objects of the federal government … are to maintain domestic peace, and provide for the common defense.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)

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First Principles: Our Constitution Was Made Only For A Moral and Religious People. It Is Wholly Inadequate To the Government of Any Other

Posted on March 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – John Adams

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First Principles: Measures Which Serve To Abridge the Free Competition of Foreign Articles, Have A Tendency To Occasion An Enhancement of Prices

Posted on February 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Measures which serve to abridge the free competition of foreign articles, have a tendency to occasion an enhancement of prices.” – Alexander Hamilton (1791)

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