Tag Archives: Impose

First Principles: If Duties Are Too High, They Lessen Consumption… This Forms A Complete Barrier Against Any Material Oppression of the Citizens By Taxes of This Class

Posted on April 3, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so great as when they are confined within proper and moderate bounds. This forms a complete barrier against any … Continue reading →

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First Principles: 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

Posted on September 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“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) Twice … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Power Concedes Nothing Without A Demand. It Never Did and Never Will.

Posted on February 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Limits of Tyrants Are Prescribed By the Endurance of Those Whom They Suppress

Posted on July 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Whenever ‘A’ Attempts By Law To Impose His Moral Standards Upon ‘B’, ‘A’ Is Most Likely A Scoundrel

Posted on September 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Whenever ‘A’ attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon ‘B’, ‘A’ is most likely a scoundrel.” -H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (12 Sep 1880-1956)

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Shoreline Levee Abstraction

Posted on October 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Shoreline Levee Abstractionby Michael DoyleWithout the world’s imposed inhibitionsYou find life without so many limitationsWaiting for you below the surface, we keepThe sands of time as these start to seepPouring through our hands as these flowIs a new depth for … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Dogma Is the Conviction of One Man Imposed Authoritatively On Others

Posted on April 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Dogma is the convictions of one man imposed authoritatively upon others.” – Felix Adler (1851-1933)

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First Principles: We Cannot Be Happy Without Being Free; We Cannot Be Free Without Being Secure In Our Property

Posted on February 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Let these truths be indelibly impressed on our minds — that we cannot be happy, without being FREE — that we cannot be free, without being secure in our property— that we cannot be secure in our property, if, without … Continue reading →

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There’s the Deep of That

Posted on January 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Common culture often sees child’s play as an expression of something basic. Modern psychology suggests that it is otherwise. I am inclined to agree. There’s the Deep of That by Michael Romani There is as it seems A world that … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Heavy Taxation Reduces Consumption Which In Turn Reduces Revenue

Posted on December 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

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