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First Principles: A Democracy Is No More Than an Aristocracy of Orators. The People Are So Readily Moved By Demagogues That Control Must Be Exercised By the Government Over Speech and Press

Posted on October 9, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.” – Thomas Hobbes

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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

Posted on September 28, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“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 It seems we have arrived … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is To Be Regretted That the Rich and Powerful Too Often Bend the Acts of Government To Their Own Selfish Purpose

Posted on September 5, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.” – Andrew Jackson

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First Principles: A True Patriot Will Defend His Country From Its Government

Posted on August 31, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“A true patriot will defend his country from its government.” – Thomas Jefferson

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First Principles: We Have Staked the Future of All Our Political Constitutions Upon the Capacity of Each of Ourselves To Govern Ourselves According To the Moral Principles of the Ten Commandments

Posted on August 26, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Framers of the Bill of Rights Did Not Purport To ‘Create’ Rights. Rather, They Designed the Bill of Rights To Prohibit Our Government From Infringing Rights and Liberties Presumed To Be Preexisting

Posted on July 24, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to ‘create’ rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.” – Justice William J. Brennan

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Thought For the Day: Secrecy Is the Keystone To All Tyranny. Not Force, But Secrecy and Censorship

Posted on July 7, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship. When any government or church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, “This you may not read, this you must not know,” the end result … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Our Whole Constitutional Heritage Rebels At the Thought of Giving Government the Power To Control Men’s Minds

Posted on July 2, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men’s minds.” – Thurgood Marshall

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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

Posted on June 17, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“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

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First Principles: The Government Should Not Be Guided By Temporary Excitement, But By Sober Second Thought

Posted on June 13, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought.” – Martin Van Buren

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