Tag Archives: James Madison

First Principles: The Belief In A God All Powerful Wise and Good, Is…Essential To the Moral Order of the World

Posted on September 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the world and to the happiness of man, that arguments which enforce it cannot be drawn from too many sources nor adapted … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged All Powerful, Belief, Essential, First Principles, God, Good, James Madison, Moral Order, Wise, World | Leave a comment

First Principles: Justice Is the End of Government. It Is the End of Civil Society.

Posted on August 27, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“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

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Civil Society, End of Government, First Principles, James Madison, Justice, Liberty, Lost, Obtain, Pursue, Pursuit | Leave a comment

First Principles: It Is A Principle Incorporated Into the Settled Policy of America, That As Peace Is Better Than War, War Is Better Than Tribute

Posted on August 17, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“It is a principle incorporated into the settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute.” – James Madison (1816)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged America, Better, First Principles, Incorporated, James Madison, Peace, Principle, Settled Policy, Tribute, War | Leave a comment

First Principles: Where An Excess of Power Prevails, Property of No Sort Is Duly Respected. No Man Is Safe In His Opinions, His Person, His Faculties, or His Possessions

Posted on August 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.” – James Madison (1792)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Excee, Faculties, First Principles, James Madison, No Man, No Sort, Opinions, Person, Poessessions, Power, Prevail, Property, Respect, Safe | Leave a comment

First Principles: Public Opinion Sets Bounds To Every Government and Is the Real Sovereign In Every Free One

Posted on August 2, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one.” – James Madison (1791)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Bounds, First Principles, Free, Government, James Madison, Public Opinion, Real Sovereign | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Essence of Government Is Power, and Power, Lodged As It Must Be In Human Hands, Will Ever Be Liable To Abuse

Posted on July 31, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” – James Madison (1829)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Abuse, Essence, First Principles, Government, Human Hands, James Madison, Liable, Lodged, Power | Leave a comment

First Principles: 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

Posted on July 22, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“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 →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged An Indefinite One, Congress, Discretion, Done By Money, Enumerated Powers, First Principles, General Welfare, Government, James Madison, Letter to Edmund Pendleton (January 21 1792), No Longer A Limited One, Particular Exceptions, Promote, Subject, Whatever | Leave a comment

First Principles: 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 Enumerate Powers

Posted on July 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Congress, Discretion, Done By Money, Enumerated Powers, First Principles, General Welfare, Indefinite, James Madison, Limited One, Particular Exceptions, Promote, Subject | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Right of Freely Examining Public Characters and Measures, and of Free Communication Among the People Thereon… Has Ever Been Justly Deemed the Only Effectual Guardian of Every Other Right

Posted on July 11, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon … has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right.”– James Madison (1798)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Every Other Right, First Principles, Free Communication, Freely Examining, James Madison, Measures, Only Effectual Guardian, Public Characters, Right, The People | Leave a comment

First Principles: Liberty Is To Faction What Air Is To Fire, An Ailment Without Which It Instantly Expires

Posted on June 16, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires.”– James Madison

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Ailment, Air, Expire, Fire, First Principles, Instant, James Madison, Liberty | Leave a comment