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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…By the Clamors of An Impatient Avidity

Posted on July 10, 2023 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: Let Everything That Has Breath Praise the Lord!

Posted on July 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens. Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him for His excellent greatness. Praise Him with the sound of the horn; Praise Him with the harp and lyre. Praise … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Guard With Jealous Attention the Public Liberty. Suspect Every One Who Approaches That Jewel

Posted on July 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.” – Patrick Henry (1788)

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First Principles: It Is the Duty of Parents To Maintain Their Children Decently, and According To Their Circumstances

Posted on July 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The People Alone Have An Incontestable, Unalienable, and Indefeasible Right To Institute Government and To Reform, Alter, Or Totally Change the Same

Posted on July 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The People alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government and to reform, alter, or totally change the same when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.” – John Adams

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First Principles: The Name of American, Which Belongs To You In Your National Capacity, Must Always Exalt the Just Pride of Patriotism

Posted on July 3, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.” – George Washington, Farewell Address

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First Principles: This Constitution Is the Most Free One, and By Far the Best, Now Existing On the Earth

Posted on July 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“…that the King with and by the authority of parliament, is able to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to limit and bind the crown, and the descent, limitation, inheritance and government thereof” is founded on the principles of liberty and … Continue reading →

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First Principles: You Must First Enable the Government To Control the Governed; and In the Next Place, Oblige It To Control Itself

Posted on July 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.” – … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Free People Claim Their Rights As Derived From the Laws of Nature, and Not As the Gift of their Chief Magistrate

Posted on June 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.” – Thomas Jefferson (1774)

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First Principles: Honor, Justice, and Humanity, Forbid Us Tamely To Surrender That Freedom Which We Received From Our Gallant Ancestors

Posted on June 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding … Continue reading →

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