Tag Archives: James Monroe

First Principles: It Is By A Thorough Knowledge of the Whole Subject That People Are Enabled To Judge Correctly of the Past and To Give Proper Direction To the Future

Posted on July 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a proper direction to the future.” – James Monroe

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First Principles: Before Any Man Can Be Considered As A Member of Civil Society, He Must Be Considered As Subject of the Governor or the Universe

Posted on October 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage…Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe.” – James … Continue reading →

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First Principles: How Prone All Human Institutions Have Been To Decay;…Impelled As It Were By An Irresistable Fate of Despotism

Posted on March 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check and totally dissolve; how difficult it has been for mankind, in all ages and countries, to … Continue reading →

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First Principles: How Difficult It Is For Mankind…To Preserve Their Dearest Rights and Best Privileges, Impelled As It Were By an Irresistible Fate of Despotism

Posted on December 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“How difficult it has been for mankind, in all ages and countries, to preserve their dearest rights and best privileges, impelled as it were by an irresistible fate of despotism.” – James Monroe (1788)

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First Principles: How Difficult It Has Been For Mankind… To Preserve Their Dearest Rights and Best Privileges, Impelled As It Were By An Irresistible Fate of Despotism

Posted on November 27, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

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First Principles: The Right of Self-Defense Never Ceases. It Is Among the Most Sacred and Alike Necessary To Nations and To Individuals

Posted on September 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals.” – President James Monroe (November 16, 1818)

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First Principles: It Is By Rendering Justice To Other Nations That We Can Expect It From Them

Posted on March 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It is by rendering justice to other nations that we can expect it from them.” – James Monroe (1823) Annual Message to Congress

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First Principles: A Universal Peace Only Exists In the Imagination of Visionary Philosophers and Breasts of Benevolent Enthusiasts

Posted on March 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“A universal peace … is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary philosophers, or in the breasts of benevolent enthusiasts.” – James Madison (1792) Two seemingly contradictory statements. Yet, we find the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Best Form of Government Is That Which Most Likely Prevents the Greatest Sum of Evil

Posted on August 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.” – James Monroe

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First Principles: In A Representative Republic, the Education of Our Children Must Be of Utmost Importance

Posted on August 6, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“In a representative republic, the education of our children must be of the utmost importance!” – James Monroe

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