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First Principles: It Is Better To Offer No Excuse Than A Bad One

Posted on February 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.” – George Washington to his orphaned charge, Harriot (or Harriet Washington) Sunday, October 30, 1791

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First Principles: To Preserve the Republican Form and Principles of Our Constitution and Cleave To the Salutary Distribution of Powers… Are the Two Sheet Anchors of Our Union

Posted on February 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“To preserve the republican form and principles of our Constitution and cleave to the salutary distribution of powers which [the Constitution] has established … are the two sheet anchors of our Union. If driven from either, we shall be in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Strive To Be the Greatest Man In Your Country, and You May Be Disappointed. Strive To Be the Best and You May Succeed

Posted on February 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Strive to be the greatest man in your country, and you may be disappointed. Strive to be the best and you may succeed: he may well win the race that runs by himself.” – Benjamin Franklin (1747)

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First Principles: Take My Yoke Upon You and Learn From Me, For I Am Gentle and Humble In Heart, and You Will Find Rest For Your Souls

Posted on February 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” – Matthew 11:29-30

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First Principles: The Care of Human Life and Happiness, and Not Their Destruction, Is the First and Only Legitimate Object of Good Government

Posted on February 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson (1809)

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First Principles: The More Man Meditates Upon Good Thoughts, the Better Will Be His World and the World At Large

Posted on February 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.” – Confucius

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First Principles: Justice Is the End of Government. It Is the End of Civil Society

Posted on February 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.” – James Madison (1788)

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First Principles: It Is the Duty of All Nations To Acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God

Posted on February 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor.” – George Washington (1789)

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First Principles: Still I Hope I Shall Always Possess Firmness and Virtue Enough To Maintain (What I Consider the Most Enviable of All Titles) the Character of An Honest Man

Posted on February 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Still I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain (what I consider the most enviable of all titles) the character of an honest man.” – George Washington to Alexander Hamilton (Thursday, August 28, 1788)

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First Principles: There Is No Good Government But What Is Republican. The True Idea of A Republic Is ‘An Empire of Laws, and Not Men

Posted on February 19, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“There is no good government but what is republican. [T]he true idea of a republic is ‘an empire of laws, and not of men.’” – John Adams (1776)

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