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First Principles: Even the Best Constitution Will Not Be Effectual For A Corrupted People
“Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good form of government may hold the rotten materials together for some time, but beyond a certain pitch, even the … Continue reading
First Principles: Without Virtue We Cannot Secure Our Nation
“Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks — no form of government can render us secure.” – James Madison (1778)
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First Principles: To Be Legitimate, A Government Should Secure and Enlarge The Natural Rights of Its Society
“Government, in my humble opinion, should be formed to secure and to enlarge the exercise of the natural rights of its members; and every government, which has not this in view, as its principal object, is not a government of … Continue reading
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First Principles: The United States Is A Republic of Law Not Persons
“They define a republic to be a government of laws, and not of men.” – John Adams (1775)
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First Principles: We Must Be Cautious Least Senators Become Citizens of the Capital and Not Their States
“Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the federal town, and become citizens of that town more than of your state.” — George Mason (1788)
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First Principles: Congress Is Meant To Be Limited With Enumerated Powers
“If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions.” — James … Continue reading
First Principles: To All Persons – Exact and Equal Justice
“It is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our government… Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever persuasion, religious or political.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
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First Principles: Nothing Is More Certain Than That Licentiousness and Corruption Make A People Ripe For Destruction
“Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good form of government may hold the rotten materials together for some time, but beyond a certain pitch, even the … Continue reading
First Thoughts: America’s Fundamental Principle Amounts To Equal Treatment Under the Law for All Persons
“[I]t is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our Government… Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever persuasion, religious or political.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
First Principles: Justice Is the End of Government and Civil Society
“Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.” – James Madison, Federalist No. 51, … Continue reading
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