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First Principles: Where the Love of God Is Perfected and the True Spirit of Government Watchfully Attended To, A Tenderness Toward All Creatures Will Be Experienced
“I believe that where the love of God is perfected and the true spirit of government watchfully attended to, a tenderness toward all creatures will be experienced, and a care felt in us that we do not lessen that sweetness … Continue reading
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Tagged Expereience, First Principles, Government, John Woolman, Love of God, Prefected, Tenderness, True Spirit
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First Principles: Government Is Not Reason; It Is Not Eloquent; It Is Force. Like Fire, It Is A Dangerous Servant and A Fearful Master
“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Experience has taught us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it … Continue reading
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Tagged Dangerous Servant, Eloquent, Experience, Fearful Master, Fire, First Principles, Force, Freedom of Speech, George Washington, Government, Reason
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First Principles: Government Has No Right To Control Individual Liberty Beyond What Is Necessary To the Safety and Well-Being of Society
“Government has no right to control individual liberty beyond what is necessary to the safety and well-being of society. Such is the boundary which separates the power of the government and the liberty of the citizen or subject in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Boundary, Citizen, Control, First Princples, Government, Individual Liberty, John C. Calhoun, Liberty, Necessary, Political State, Power, Right, Safety an Well-Being, Society, Subject
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First Principles: If Ever A Time Should Come, When Vain and Aspiring Men Shall Possess the Highest Seats In Government, Our Country Will Stand In Need of Its Experienced Patriots To Prevent Its Ruin
“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.” – Samuel Adams
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Tagged Country, Experienced Patriots, First Prrincples, Government, Highest Seats, Need, Prevention, Ruin, Samuel Adams, Time, Vain and Aspiring Men
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Thought For the Day: The Champions of Socialism Call Themselves Progressives, But They Recommend… Resistance To Every Kind of Improvement
“The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to every kind of improvement. They call themselves liberals, but they are intent upon abolishing liberty. … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: The First Amendment Says Keep Government Out of Religion. It Doesn’t Say Keep Religion Out of Government
“The First Amendment says keep government out of religion. It doesn’t say keep religion out of government.” – Rand Paul
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Tagged First Amendment, Government, Rand Paul, Religion, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: A Government For the People Must Depend For Its Success On the Intelligence, the Morality, the Justice, and the Interest of the People Themselves
“A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.” – Grover Cleveland
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Tagged Dependence, First Principles, For the People, Government, Grover Cleveland, Intelligence, Interest, Justice, Morality, Success, The People
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The Cold Warmth of Economic Cruelty
The Cold Warmth of Economic Crueltyby Michael DoyleWhat is now happiness in its pursuit,Was once the right to own property.Democratic Socialism grows at the roots,While voters forget the tie-in with prosperity.It only needs a little patch of landFrom which the … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Cold Warmth, Collective Socialism, Commence, Common Sense, Communism, Crossroads, Death, Distinction, Economic Cruelty, Extinction, Freedom, Government, History, Inseperable, Liberty, Liberty and Property, Marxist Math, Nepotism, Patch of Land, Philosophic, Planned Economies, Politically Capable, Private Property, Property, Property and Poems, Prosperity, Protection, Pursuit of Happiness, Roots, Shelter, The People, Tie-In, Tryanny, Ulterior Pessimism, Voters, Wrongness
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First Principles: A Government Which Lays Taxes On the People Not Required By Urgent Public Necessity and Sound Public Policy Is Not A Protector of Liberty, But An Instrument of Tyranny
“A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.” – Calvin Coolidge
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