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In Defense of Human Reason

Posted on September 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Too many people have forgotten the processes of empirical observation and its accompanying reasoning as the basis for real science. This insistence of substituting in dogma and speculation in the name of a hijacked science and failure to adhere to … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Laws That Forbid the Carrying of Arms Disarm Only Those Who Are Neither Inclined Nor Determined To Commit Crimes

Posted on September 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Neither the Wisest Constitution Nor the Wisest Laws Will Secure Liberty and Happiness of A People Whose Manners Are Universally Corrupt

Posted on August 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.” – Samuel Adams

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First Principles: The Future Success of America Is In the Laws of God On Which Our Constitution Is Founded

Posted on August 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.” – James Madison

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First Principles: The End of Law Is Not To Abolish Or Restrain, But, To Preserve and Enlarge Freedom

Posted on August 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.” – John Locke … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Bedrock Principle of Our Justice System Is A Presumption of Innocence

Posted on July 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“It was not the special counsel’s job to conclusively determine Donald Trump’s innocence or to exonerate him because the bedrock principle of our justice system is a presumption of innocence. Donald Trump is not above the law, but he damn … Continue reading →

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First Principle: Laws That Forbid Bearing of Arms Serve To Encourage Not Prevent Homicides

Posted on July 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The laws that forbid the carrying of arms… serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” – Cesare Beccaria

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First Principles: Our Liberty Depends On Our Education, Law and Habits and Is Founded On Morality and Religion

Posted on July 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on the influence all these produce on public opinion before that opinion governs … Continue reading →

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First Principles: National and Individual Happiness Comes From Love of Liberty; Respect For Laws; Habits of Industry; and Practice of Moral and Religious Obligations

Posted on July 1, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Your love of liberty — your respect for the laws — your habits of industry — and your practice of the moral and religious obligations, are the strongest claims to national and individual happiness.” – George Washington (1789)

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First Principles: Without Liberty, Law Becomes Oppression

Posted on June 24, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Without liberty, law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without law, liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness.” – James Wilson (1790)

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