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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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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
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Tagged First Principles, Government, James Buchanan, Possession, Power, Question, Religiion, United States
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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
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First Principles: The Less Government Interferes With Private Pursuits, the Better For General Prosperity
“The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.” – Martin Van Buren
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Tagged Better, First Principles, General Prosperity, Government, Interference, Less, Martin Van Buren, Private Pursuits
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First Principles: Government Is A Trust, and the Officers of the Government Are Trustees. And Both the Trust and that Trustees Are Created For the Benefit of the People
“Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.” – Henry Clay
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Tagged Benefit, Creation, First Prnnciples, Government, Henry Clay, Officers, The People, Trust, Trustees
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