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First Principles: A Government of Unjust Laws Cannot Stand Before An Armed People

Posted on January 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Politics Has Little Love of Truth and Accurate Reasoning

Posted on October 20, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The political spirit is the great force in throwing the love of truth and accurate reasoning into a secondary place.” – John Viscount Morley (1838-1923)

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First Principles: It is Our Duty To Resist Wrongful Force Exerted For Bad Purposes

Posted on August 31, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Has force, exerted for the purposes of malevolance, a right to command? Can it impose an obligation to obey? No. Resistance to such force is a right, and, if resistance can prove effectual, it is a duty also.” – James … Continue reading →

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Thought of the Day: To Hold That Argument May Be Won By Force Is To Admit the Right To Silence People By Force

Posted on August 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“If you admit that to silence your opponent by force is to win an intellectual argument, then you admit the right to silence people by force.” – Hans Eysenck (1916-1997)

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First Principles: Virtue and Morality Are Necessary For Popular Free Government

Posted on August 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every species of free Government.” – George Washington (1796)

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Thought For the Day: Love Is the Force Capable of Changing An Enemy Into A Friend

Posted on June 27, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. This begs the question, when did the Left become so entirely intolerant?

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First Principles: Resistance To Malevolence Is A Right and Duty

Posted on June 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Has force, exerted for the purposes of malevolence, a right to command? Can it impose an obligation to obey? No. Resistance to such force is a right, and, if resistance can prove effectual, it is a duty also.” – James … Continue reading →

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First Principles: All Laws Must Have The Right of Reciprocation

Posted on April 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“We lay it down as a fundamental, that laws, to be just, must give a reciprocation of right; that, without this, they are mere arbitrary rules of conduct, founded in force, and not in conscience.” – Thomas Jefferson (1782) … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Guard Against Anyone Seeking To Take Away Liberty

Posted on January 18, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.” – Patrick Henry, speech in the Virginia Ratifying … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Experiments In Government Should Be Based On Honesty

Posted on January 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“This I hope will be the age of experiments in government, and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty, not of mere force.” — Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Adams, 1796 What it should never be besides … Continue reading →

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