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First Principles – A Republic Must Guard Against Undue Foreign Influence
“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government.” – George Washington … Continue reading
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First Principles: Trust No Living Man With the Power to Endanger Liberty
“There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.” – John Adams, in an Oration at Braintree (Spring, 1772) … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: The Loudest Voices For the Alleged Public Welfare Are Not Always The Truest
“It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.” — Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
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First Principles: Government Branches Should Be Balanced To Protect Our Security
“The true principle of government is this – make the system compleat in its structure; give a perfect proportion and balance to its parts; and the powers you give it will never affect your security.” — Alexander Hamilton, Remarks in … Continue reading
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First Principles: Our Liberties Are Secured As A Gift From God, Not Government
“God who gave us life gave us Liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that … Continue reading
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First Principles: All Governments Eventually Go Back To Their First Principles
“There is not in the whole science of politics a more solid or a more important maxim than this — that of all governments, those are the best, which, by the natural effect of their constitutions, are frequently renewed or … Continue reading
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First Principles: True Liberty Cannot Exist Without Restraint On the Violent
“Liberty is not to be enjoyed, indeed it cannot exist, without the habits of just subordination; it consists, not so much in removing all restraint from the orderly, as in imposing it on the violent.” — Fisher Ames (1801) The … Continue reading
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First Principles: A Law’s Propriety Has Be Determined Based On Natural Law
“The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded.” — Alexander Hamilton, in Federalist No. 33 (1788) The text of Federalist No. 33 may be read here: http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa33.htm … Continue reading
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First Principles: Before A Standing Army Can Rule, the People Must Be Disarmed
“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are … Continue reading
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First Principles: Republics Are Lost When Flattery Is Favored Over Truth
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, … Continue reading →