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Thought For the Day: Secrecy Is the Keystone To All Tyranny. Not Force, But Secrecy and Censorship
“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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Tagged Government, Thought For the Day, Tyranny, Censorship, Church, Keystone, Force, Secrecy, Robert A. Heinlein
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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
“Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men’s minds.” – Thurgood Marshall
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
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Tagged Consequence, Country, Event, First Principles, Friend, Government, Henry Knox, Liiberty, Reflecction, Result
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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
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Tagged First Principles, Government, Guide, Martin Van Buren, Second Thought, Sobert, Temporary Excitement
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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
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Tagged Care, First Princ[ples, Government, Hands Off, Other Persons, Self, Want, Woodrow Wlson
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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
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Tagged Alexander Hamiltion, Constitutiion, Debt, First Principles, Government, Prosperitty, Public Moraliity
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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
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Tagged Compact, First Principlles, Force, Foundation, Government, Harrngton, Hobbes, James Otis, Locke, Nature, Necessity, Property, Revolution oof 1688, Will of God
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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
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Tagged Basis, Chistianity, Civil Constitution, Civil Liberty, First Principles, Government, Law, Noah Webster, Precepts, Scripture
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