Tag Archives: Human Nature

First Principles: A Nation Should Strive For Wisdom and Virtue In Its Example

Posted on February 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Happy will it be for ourselves, and most honorable for human nature, if we have wisdom and virtue enough to set so glorious an example to mankind!” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 36, 1788          

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First Principles: Love of Liberty Encourages Bravery

Posted on January 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.”  – Alexander Hamilton (1775)

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First Principles: Love of Power Is Natural and Often Abused

Posted on October 20, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired.” – Alexander Hamilton (1775) I hasten to add that therein is the reason we have so carefully guarded against this human proclivity … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Man’s Very Nature Causes Faction

Posted on October 2, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man.” —James Madison, Federalist No. 10 (1787) To read our founding fathers’ thoughts on faction please see: http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa10.htm    

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First Principles: Our Sacred Rights Are Written By the Hand of the Divinity

Posted on May 21, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and … Continue reading →

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