Tag Archives: Justice

Thought For The Day: Free Society Resists Interference With Others

Posted on August 1, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“A society is free when its members resist the tendency to interfere by force with the lives of others.  In this kind of society, justice is established as each person is given his clue and no man has a politically … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Constitutional Law Is A Noble Inheritance

Posted on June 16, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“If these Commentaries shall but inspire in the rising generation a more ardent love of their country, an unquenchable thirst for liberty, and a profound reverence for the constitution and the union, then they will have accomplished all that their … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Society Must Be Just and Humane

Posted on May 16, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

As a general truth, communities prosper and flourish, or droop and decline, in just the degree that they practise or neglect to practise the primary duties of justice and humanity. The free-labor system conforms to the divine law of equality, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: On Understanding the Balance Between Liberty and Power

Posted on May 9, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“[I]n the mouths of some [Liberty] means anything, which enervate a necessary government; excite a jealousy of the rulers who are our own choice, and keep society in confusion for want of a power sufficiently concentered to promote good.” – … Continue reading →

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Thought for the Day: Power v. Justice

Posted on May 2, 2017 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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