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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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First Principles: Any Law That Violates the Inalienable Rights of Mankind Is No Law At All and Is Unjust and Tyrannical

Posted on June 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.” – Maximilien Robespierre

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First Principles: God’s Law Is Binding On All of Mankind At All Times

Posted on June 5, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The law established by the Creator, which has existed from the beginning, extends over the whole globe, is everywhere and at all times binding upon mankind.” – Rufus King https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_King

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First Principles: Legal Immigrants Are Welcome To Join American Society and Conform To Our Established Rules

Posted on May 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in society, conforming, as I doubt not you will do, to our established rules.” —Thomas Jefferson … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Governing Maxim In Interpreting the Law Is To Discover the Meaning of Those Who Made It

Posted on May 3, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The first and governing maxim in the interpretation of a statute is, to discover the meaning of those, who made it. The first rule, subservient to the principle of the governing maxim, is, to discover what the law was, before … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Founders of America Intended Women To Have A Full and Co-Equal Voice In Our Government

Posted on April 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.” – Abigail Adams Oddly, it’s … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Sacred Respect for Constitutional Law Is the Vital Principle Sustaining Our Republic’s Security

Posted on April 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“If it be asked, What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? The answer would be, An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws — the first growing out of the last… … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Useless Laws Weaken the Necessary Laws

Posted on April 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.” – Charles de Montesquieu, in The Spirit of the Laws (1748)

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