Flickr Photos
Tag Archives: Government
First Principles: Every Friend To the Liberty of This Country Is Bound To Reflect, and Step Forward To Prevent the Dreadful Consequences Which Shall Result From A Government of Events
“Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events.” – Henry Knox
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Consequence, Country, Event, First Principles, Friend, Government, Henry Knox, Liiberty, Reflecction, Result
Leave a comment
First Principles: The Government Should Not Be Guided By Temporary Excitement, But By Sober Second Thought
“The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought.” – Martin Van Buren
Posted in First Principles
Tagged First Principles, Government, Guide, Martin Van Buren, Second Thought, Sobert, Temporary Excitement
Leave a comment
First Principles: I Do Not Want A Government That Will Take Care of Me. I Want A Government That Will Make Other Men Take Their Hands Off Me So I Can Take Care of Myself
“…I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.“ – Woodrow Wilson
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Care, First Princ[ples, Government, Hands Off, Other Persons, Self, Want, Woodrow Wlson
Leave a comment
First Principles: Allow A Government To Decline Paying Its Debts and You Overthrow All Public Morality – You Unhinge All Principles That Preserve the Limits of Free Constitutions
“Allow a government to decline paying its debts and you overthrow all public morality-you unhinge all the principles that preserve the limits of free constitutions. Nothing can more affect national prosperity than a constant and systematic attention to extinguish the … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Alexander Hamiltion, Constitutiion, Debt, First Principles, Government, Prosperitty, Public Moraliity
Leave a comment
First Principles: Government …Springs From the Necessities of Our Nature, and Has An Everlasting Foundation In the Unchangeable Will of God
“Government is founded not on force, as was the theory of Hobbes; nor on compact, as was the theory of Locke and of the revolution of 1688; nor on property, as was the assertion of Harrington. It springs from the … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Compact, First Principlles, Force, Foundation, Government, Harrngton, Hobbes, James Otis, Locke, Nature, Necessity, Property, Revolution oof 1688, Will of God
Leave a comment
First Principles: The Moral Principles and Precepts Contained In the Scriptures Ought To Form the Basis of All Our Civil Constitutions and Laws
“The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws . . . The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and his Apostles . … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Basis, Chistianity, Civil Constitution, Civil Liberty, First Principles, Government, Law, Noah Webster, Precepts, Scripture
Leave a comment
First Principles: The Government of the United States Possesses No Power Whatever Over the Question of Religion
“The Government of the United States possesses no power whatever over the question of religion.” – James Buchanan
Posted in First Principles
Tagged First Principles, Government, James Buchanan, Possession, Power, Question, Religiion, United States
Leave a comment
First Principles: I Contend That the Strongest of All Governments Is That Which Is Most Free
“I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.” – John Tyler
Posted in First Principles
Tagged First Prciniples, Free, Government, John Tyler, Strong
Leave a comment
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 