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Thought For the Day: Friendship Forms In the Kindness That Overflows
“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one … Continue reading
First Principles: A Government Formed On Virtue Leads To the Greatest Happiness
“If there is a form of government, then, whose principle and foundation is virtue, will not every sober man acknowledge it better calculated to promote the general happiness than any other form?” — John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776 Thoughts … Continue reading
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First Principles: Morality Rests In the Family
“The foundation of national morality must be laid in private families.” —John Adams (1778)
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First Principles: A Law’s Propriety Has Be Determined Based On Natural Law
“The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded.” — Alexander Hamilton, in Federalist No. 33 (1788) The text of Federalist No. 33 may be read here: http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa33.htm … Continue reading
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First Principles: Public Virtue Does Not Exist Without Private Virtue
“Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics. There must be a positive passion for the public good, the public interest, honour, power and glory, established in the minds of … Continue reading
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First Principles: Character Builds A Nation
“If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal for the honour of the Supreme Being and the welfare of the commonwealth; if men … Continue reading
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