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First Principles: Our Constitution Was Made For A Moral and Religious People and Is Inadequate To Govern Otherwise

Posted on May 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Liberty of Conscience In All Just Things Makes It Impossible That Government Will Degenerate Into Tyranny

Posted on May 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Of the liberty of conscience in matters of religious faith, of speech and of the press; of the trial by jury of the vicinage in civil and criminal cases; of the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus; of the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: No National Church Should Be Established

Posted on May 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“All religions united with government are more or less inimical to liberty. All, separated from government, are compatible with liberty.” – Henry Clay, statesman and orator (12 Apr 1777-1852) Clay was really from the second generation of the Republic, but, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is An Object of Primary Importance That Public Opinion Be Enlightened Through Education

Posted on May 1, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Promote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.” – George Washington, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: An Elective Despotism Is Not the Government Our Revolution Was Fought For

Posted on April 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“An elective despotism was not the government we fought for.” – James Madison (1788)

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First Principles: The Constitution Is An Instrument For The People To Restrain the Government

Posted on April 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.” – Patrick Henry

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First Principles: Public Opinion Is the Ruler In Free Governments

Posted on March 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one.” – James Madison (1791)

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First Principles: A Wise and Frugal Government Restrains Its Citizens From Harming One Another But Otherwise Leaves Them Free

Posted on March 19, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“A wise and frugal government … shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Power Is the Essence of Government and Ever Liable To Abuse

Posted on March 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” – James Madison (1829)

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First Principles: The Great Principles of Right and Wrong Are Knowable By All Persons

Posted on March 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors. The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.” – Thomas Jefferson (1775)

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