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First Principles: All Sober Inquirers After Truth… Pagan and Christian, Have Declared That the Happiness of Man, As Well As His Dignity, Consists In Virtue

Posted on June 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“We ought to consider what is the end of government before we determine which is the best form. Upon this point all speculative politicians will agree that the happiness of society is the end of government, as all divines and … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Let Each Citizen Remember At the Moment They Are Offering Their Vote … They Are Executing One of the Most Solemn Trusts In Human Society For Which They are Accountable to God and Country

Posted on May 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual — or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Individual Rights Are the Means of Subordinating Society To Moral Law

Posted on January 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.” – Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

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First Principles: Resistance To Tyranny Is the Christian and Social Duty of Each Individual

Posted on December 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual. … Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.” … Continue reading →

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First Principles: National and Individual Happiness Comes From Love of Liberty; Respect For Laws; Habits of Industry; and Practice of Moral and Religious Obligations

Posted on July 1, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Your love of liberty — your respect for the laws — your habits of industry — and your practice of the moral and religious obligations, are the strongest claims to national and individual happiness.” – George Washington (1789)

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First Principles: We Should Attend To the Higher Duties of Being Both Patriotic and Christian

Posted on March 31, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Resistance To Tyranny Is the Christian and Social Duty of Each Person

Posted on March 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual …Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.”. – … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Patience Brings Us Our Goals

Posted on March 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“He that can have patience can have what he will.” – Benjamin Franklin

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Thought For the Day: It Is Through the Sharing of Knowledge That Members of Civilized Society Can Pursue Individual Ends So Successfully

Posted on December 9, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It is largely because civilization enables us constantly to profit from knowledge which we individually do not possess and because each individual’s use of his particular knowledge may serve to assist others unknown to him in achieving their ends that … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Shadow of A Man Is Determined By Character

Posted on August 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (25 May 1803-1882)

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