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First Principles: Human Kindness Has Never Weakened the Stamina Or Softened the Fiber of a Free People. A Nation Does Not Have To Be Cruel To Be Tough.

Posted on August 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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First Principles: Against the Insidious Wiles of Foreign Influence…the Jealousy of A Free People Ought To Be Constantly Awake

Posted on March 19, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence … the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake.” – George Washington (1796)

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First Principles: Human Kindness Has Never Weakened the Stamina Or Softened the Fiber of A Free People. A Nation Does Not Have To Be Cruel To Be Tough

Posted on January 30, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (30 Jan 1882-1945)

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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 January 19, 2024 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: The Christian Religion Must Be the Basis of Any Government Intended To Secure the Rights and Privileges of A Free People

Posted on January 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed. … No truth is more evident to my mind than that the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Jealousy of A Free People Ought To Be Constantly Awake; Since History and Experience Prove That Foreign Influence Is One of the Most Baneful Foes of Republican Government

Posted on November 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful … 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: History and Experience Prove That Foreign Influence Is One of the Most Baneful Foes of Republican Government

Posted on February 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful … Continue reading →

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First Principles: History and Experience Prove That Foreign Influence Is One of the Most Baneful Foes of Republican Government

Posted on December 22, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Human Kindness Has Never Weakened the Stamina or Softened the Fiber of A Free People. A Nation Does Not Have To Be Cruel To Be Tough

Posted on July 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (1882-1945)

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