Tag Archives: George Washington

First Principles: Be Courteous To All, But Intimate With Few and Let Those Few Be Well Tried Before You Give Them Your Confidence

Posted on July 5, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence; true friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks and adversity before it … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Truth Will Ultimately Prevail Where There Is Pains To Bring It To Light

Posted on June 23, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.” – George Washington

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First Principles: It Is the Citizens Choice…Whether They Will Be Respectable and Prosperous, Or Contemptable and Miserable As A Nation

Posted on June 13, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“It is … [the citizens] choice, and depends upon their conduct, whether they will be respectable and prosperous, or contemptable and miserable as a Nation. This is the time of their political probation; this is the moment when the eyes … Continue reading →

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First Principles: There Is But One Straight Course, and That Is To Seek Truth and Pursue It Steadily

Posted on June 9, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” – George Washington (1795)

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First Principles: A Good Moral Character Is the First Essential In A Person

Posted on June 5, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“A good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted at your age are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If the Freedom of Speech Is Taken Away Then Dumb and Silent We May Be Led, Like Sheep To the Slaughter

Posted on May 9, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” – George Washington

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First Principles: There Is A Rank Due to the United States, Among Nations, Which Will Be Withheld, If Not Absolutely Lost, By the Reputation of Weakness

Posted on April 27, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“There is a rank due to the United States, among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness.” – George Washington (1793)

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First Principles: No Pecuniary Consideration Is More Urgent Than the Regular Redemption and Discharge of the Public Debt

Posted on April 16, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious, or an economy of time more valuable.” – George Washington (1793)

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First Principles: It is the Duty of All Nations To Acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, To Obey His Will, To Be Grateful For His Benefits and Humbly To Implore His Protection and Favors

Posted on March 31, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.” – George Washington

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First Principles: There Is But One Straight Course and That Is To Seek Truth and Pursue It Steadily

Posted on March 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” – George Washington (1795)

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