Tag Archives: John Jay

First Principles: Justice Is Indiscriminately Due To All, Without Regard To Numbers, Wealth, Or Rank

Posted on September 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Justice is indiscriminately due to all, without regard to numbers, wealth, or rank” – John Jay, in Georgia v. Brailsford (1794)

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First Principles: Providence Has Given To Our People the Choice of Their Rulers, and It Is the Duty, As Well As the Privilege of Our Christian Nation To Select and Prefer Christians For Their Rulers

Posted on June 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Almost all nations have peace or war at the will and pleasure of rulers whom they do not elect, and who are not always wise or virtuous. Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Must Go Home To Be Happy, and Our Home Is Not In This World. Here We Have Nothing To Do But Our Duty

Posted on May 3, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“We must go home to be happy, and our home is not in this world. Here we have nothing to do but our duty.” – John Jay

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First Principles: The Bible Is the Best of All Books, For It Is the Word of God and Teaches Us the Way To Be Happy In this World and the Next

Posted on April 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Bible Is the Best of All Books, For It Is the Word of God and Teaches Us the Way To Be Happy In this World and In the Next

Posted on December 30, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Condescend, merciful Father! to grant as far as proper these imperfect petitions, to accept these inadequate thanksgivings, and to pardon whatever of sin hath mingled in them for the sake of Jesus Christ, our blessed Lord and Savior; unto Whom, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is the Duty, As Well As the Privilege and Interest of Our Christian Nation, To Select and Prefer Christians For Their Rulers

Posted on October 16, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers … and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation, to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” – John Jay, first … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Often Note With Equal Pleasure That God Gave This One Connected Country To One United People

Posted on June 4, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“I often note with equal pleasure that God gave this one connected country to one united people — a people descended from the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in manners … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Providence Has Given To Our People the Choice of Their Rulers, and It Is the Duty, As Well As the Privilege and Interest of Our Christian Nation, To Select and Prefer Christians For Their Rulers

Posted on November 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation, to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” – John Jay

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Human Nature and Faction

Posted on April 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the early days of the American republic, human nature and faction were of some serious concern. I doubt that the Founding Fathers ever truly envisioned how egregious faction would grow in our society to the point where we can’t … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Bible Teaches Us the Way To Be Happy In This World and In the Next

Posted on March 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

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