Tag Archives: Justice

Thought For the Day: Mercy Bears Richer Fruits Than Strict Justice

Posted on July 7, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.” -Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President (1809-1865)

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First Principles: Honor, Justice and Humanity, Forbid Us Tamely To Surrender That Freedom Which We Received From Our Gallant Ancestors

Posted on July 4, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding … Continue reading →

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First Principles: God Who Gave Us Life Gave Us Liberty

Posted on July 1, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“God who gave us life gave us Liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Let Justice Be Done Though the Heavens Should Fall

Posted on April 21, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Let justice be done though the heavens should fall.” – John Adams (1777)

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On the Justice of Impeaching and Deplatforming Maxine Waters For Repetitive Incitement

Posted on April 19, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Maybe it’s “the soft bigotry of low expectations” that has afforded Maxine Waters the megaphone through which she blasts her hatred and anger spewed absurdities? I am not wise enough to know. Nor, do I know enough about her to … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Am A Friend To Righteous Government, To A Government Founded Upon the Principles of Reason and Justice. But I Glory In Publicly Avowing My Eternal Enmity To Tyranny

Posted on April 3, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“I am a friend to righteous government, to a government founded upon the principles of reason and justice. But I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.” – John Hancock

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First Principles: Natural Liberty Is A Gift of the Beneficent Creator To the Whole Human Race and…Civil Liberty Is Founded In That; and Cannot Be Wrested From Any People, Without the Most Manifest Violation of Justice

Posted on February 27, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“…(N)atural liberty is a gift of the beneficent Creator to the whole human race, and that civil liberty is founded in that; and cannot be wrested from any people, without the most manifest violation of justice.” – Alexander Hamilton, in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Patriotism Is As Much A Virtue As Justice, and Is As Necessary for the Support of Societies As Natural Affection Is for the Support of Families

Posted on February 21, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.” – Benjamin Rush (1773)

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Thought For the Day: Justice In the Hands of the Powerful Is Merely A Governing System Like Any Other

Posted on February 1, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Justice in the hands of the powerful is merely a governing system like any other. Why call it justice? Let us rather call it injustice, but of a sly effective order, based entirely on cruel knowledge of the resistance of … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is the Madness of Folly, To Expect Mercy From Those Who Have Refused To Do Justice

Posted on January 13, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice.” — Thomas Paine (1776)

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