Tag Archives: First Principles

First Principles: Were I To Personify Justice, Instead of Presenting Her Blind, I Would Denominate Her the Goddess of Fire…Of Unbending Integrity

Posted on February 7, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Were I to personify Justice, instead of presenting her blind, I would denominate her the goddess of fire. . . Of unbending integrity Justice should feel, hear and see; but truth alone should be the polar star by which she … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It’s Hard, When You’re Up To Your Armpits In Alligators, To Remember You Came Here To Drain the Swamp

Posted on February 6, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“It’s hard, when you’re up to your armpits in alligators, to remember you came here to drain the swamp.” – Ronald Reagan

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First Principles: A True and Faithful Christian Does Not Make Holy Living An Accidental Thing. It Is His Great Concern…The Business of the Christian Is To Be Like Christ

Posted on February 5, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ.” – Jonathan … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Here Every Man May Be Master and Owner of His Owne Labour and Land…If Have Nothing But His Hands, He May… By Industrie Quickly Grow Rich

Posted on February 4, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Here every man may be master and owner of his owne labour and land…If he have nothing but his hands, he may…by industrie quickly grow rich.” – John Smith

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First Principles: No Longer A Government By Free Opinion… and the Vote of the Majority, But A Government By the Opinion and Duress of A Small Group of Dominant Men

Posted on February 3, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Right To Discuss Freely and Openly…All Political Questions…Is A Right So Clear and Certain…That Without It We Must Fall Into Despotism

Posted on February 2, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“The right to discuss freely and openly, by speech, by the pen, by the press, all political questions, and to examine the animadvert upon all political institutions is a right so clear and certain, so interwoven with our other liberties, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: By Faith Noah…Condemned the World and Became Heir of the Righteousness That Is In Keeping With Faith

Posted on February 1, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith”. – Hebrews 11:7

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First Principles: What Is the Use of A House If You Haven’t Got A Tolerable Planet To Put It On?

Posted on January 31, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” – Henry David Thoreau

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First Principles: In Matters of Style, Swim With the Current; In Matters of Principle, Stand Like A Rock

Posted on January 26, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” – Thomas Jefferson

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First Principles: Naked I Came From My Mother’s Womb, and Naked I Shall Return There; the Lord Gave, and the Lord Has Taken Away; Blessed Be the Name of the Lord

Posted on January 25, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” – Job 1:21 NIV

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