Tag Archives: General Welfare

First Principles: We Are Attempting, By This Constitution, To Abolish Factions, and To Unite All Parties For the General Welfare

Posted on October 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“We are attempting, by this Constitution, to abolish factions, and to Unite All Parties For the General Welfare” – Alexander Hamilton

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First Principles: Congress Is Meant To Be Limited With Enumerated Powers

Posted on June 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions.” — James … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Spirit of the People Preserves Our Republic’s Vigor

Posted on July 29, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human body. It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in … Continue reading →