Tag Archives: Government

Thought For the Day: The United States Gives Bigotry No Sanction and Gives Equal Tolerance To All

Posted on October 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support.” … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Democracy Soon Degenerates Into the Depths of Such Anarchy That All Moral Virtue Is Extinguished

Posted on October 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Democracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man’s life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Our Government Should Not Be Allowed To Perpetuate Debt

Posted on October 19, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)

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First Principles: The People’s Rights Are Derived From Natural Law Not the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Posted on October 18, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.” – Thomas Jefferson (1774)

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First Principles: Persons In High Offices of Public Service Should Have High Moral Character

Posted on October 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a state than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.” – Samuel Adams (1775) … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Public Opinion Is the Real Sovereign In Free Government

Posted on October 5, 2018 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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Thought For the Day: There Is A Presumption of Innocence; Innocence Does Not Need To Be Proven

Posted on September 27, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“There is a presumption of innocence and you do not have to prove your innocence. … Judge Kavanaugh does not have the burden of proving his innocence. … The government has the burden of proof in a criminal case. … … Continue reading →

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First Principles: When the Ambitious Come To Power, Only True Patriots Can Save Our Nation

Posted on September 27, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“If ever the 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, revolutionary (27 Sep 1722-1803) … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Religion and Virtue Are the Foundation of Free Government and Human Society

Posted on September 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Religion and Virtue are the only Foundations, not only of Republicanism and of all free Government, but of Social Felicity under all Governments and in all the Combinations of human Society.” – John Adams (1811)

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First Principles: Foreign Influence Is A Baneful Foe To Republican Government

Posted on September 22, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“History and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government.” – George Washington (1796)

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