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First Principles: A Standing Army Is Like A Standing Member. It’s An Excellent Assurance of Domestic Tranquility, But A Dangerous Temptation To Foreign Adventure
“A standing army is like a standing member. It’s an excellent assurance of domestic tranquility, but a dangerous temptation to foreign adventure.” – Elbridge Gerry
First Principles: Dost Thou Love Life? Then Do Not Squander Time; For That’s the Stuff Life Is Made Of
“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of” – Benjamin Franklin
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First Principles: There Is Liberty and Fire Enough; It Only Requires the Application of the Bellows. Blow Then, A Blast That Will Shake This Country
“There is liberty and fire enough; it only requires the application of the bellows. Blow then, a blast that will shake this country.” – William Ellery
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First Principles: Continue Steadfast and, With A Proper Sense of Your Dependence On God, Nobly Defend Those Rights Which Heaven Gave, And No Man Ought To Take From Us
“Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual… Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.” – … Continue reading
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First Principles: Among the Expected Glories of the Constitution, Next To the Abolition of Slavery Was That of Rum
“Among the expected glories of the Constitution, next to the abolition of Slavery was that of Rum.” – George Clymer
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First Principles: A Declaration For This Purpose, I Expect, Will This Day Pass Congress…We Must Now Be A Free Independent State, Or A Conquered Country
“While General Howe with a Large Armament is advancing towards New York, our Congress resolved to Declare the United Colonies free and Independent States. A Declaration for this Purpose, I expect, will this day pass Congress…It is gone so far … Continue reading
First Principles: Without Morals A Republic Cannot Subsist Any Length of Time, They Therefore Who Are Decrying the Christian Religion…Are Undermining…the Best Security For the Duration of Free Governments
“Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, … Continue reading
First Principles: By Our Form of Government, the Christian Religion, and All Sects and Denominations of Christians Are Placed On the Same Equal Footing
“By our form of Government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed on the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.– Samuel Chase in Runkel … Continue reading
First Principles: Have Mercy On Me, O God, According To Your Unfailing Love; According To Your Great Compassion Blot Out My Transgressions. Wash Away My Iniquity and Cleanse Me From My Sin
“Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love;according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.” – King David in Psalms 51:1-2
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