Tag Archives: Governance

First Principles: Aim Toward Your Honest Duty In Governance

Posted on January 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It behooves you, therefore, to think and act for yourself and your people. The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors. The whole art of government … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Avoiding Fraud, Waste and Abuse Is Paramount to Honest Government

Posted on December 21, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive.” — Thomas Jefferson (1823) We can always think of more things to spend money on right? … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Honest Persons Find No Pleasure In Coercive Power

Posted on December 10, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.” — Thomas Jefferson (1813)

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Thomas More – Utopia, Book 2

Posted on November 27, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

As we know from previous discussion, Sir Thomas More was an English lawyer, philosopher and humanist who was counselor to Henry the VIII. In 1516, he wrote and published Utopia. This classic tells the tale of the political system of … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Countries Like People Should Keep Their Word In All Agreements

Posted on October 28, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.” —Alexander Hamilton (1790), In Report On Public Credit The Report On Public Credit may be read here: http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_8_2s5.html … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Government Branches Should Be Balanced To Protect Our Security

Posted on October 26, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The true principle of government is this – make the system compleat in its structure; give a perfect proportion and balance to its parts; and the powers you give it will never affect your security.” — Alexander Hamilton, Remarks in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: True Liberty Cannot Exist Without Restraint On the Violent

Posted on October 18, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Liberty is not to be enjoyed, indeed it cannot exist, without the habits of just subordination; it consists, not so much in removing all restraint from the orderly, as in imposing it on the violent.” — Fisher Ames (1801) The … Continue reading →

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First Principles: God Governs the Affairs of Man

Posted on September 24, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“I’ve lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: That God governs in the affairs of men. If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Almost Everything Worthwhile Takes Time

Posted on September 11, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?” —John Page (1776) shortly after the Declaration of Independence was signed, … Continue reading →

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Thought for the Day: Good Governance Requires Vigilance

Posted on July 2, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Abuse of power isn’t limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we’re not vigilant.” — Clint Eastwood

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