Tag Archives: Laws

First Principles: The Laws Should Be Rigidly Enforced Which Prohibit the Immigration of A Servile Class To Compete With American Labor, With No Intention of Citizenship

Posted on April 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The laws should be rigidly enforced which prohibit the immigration of a servile class to compete with American labor, with no intention of acquiring citizenship, and bringing with them and retaining habits and customs repugnant to our civilization” – Grover … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 6, 2024 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 (1749)

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First Principles: Laws Are Made For Men of Ordinary Understanding and Should, Therefore, Be Construed By the Ordinary Rules of Common Sense

Posted on July 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Lay It Down As Fundamental, That Laws, To be Just, Must Give A Reciprocation of Right; Without this, The Are Mere Arbitrary Rules of Conduct

Posted on June 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“We lay it down as a fundamental, that laws, to be just, must give a reciprocation of right; that, without this, they are mere arbitrary rules of conduct, founded in force, and not in conscience.” -Thomas Jefferson, in Notes On … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Without Justice Being Freely, Fully, and Impartially Administered, Neither Our Persons, Nor Our Rights, Not Our Property, Can Be Protected

Posted on September 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if these, or either of them, are regulated by no certain laws, and are subject to no certain principles, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Laws, To Be Just, Must Give A Reciprocation of Right; That, Without This, They Are Mere Arbitrary Rules of Conduct, Founded In Force

Posted on July 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“We lay it down as a fundamental, that laws, to be just, must give a reciprocation of right; that, without this, they are mere arbitrary rules of conduct, founded in force, and not in conscience” – Thomas Jefferson, Notes on … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Energy In the Executive Is A Leading Character In the Definition of Good Government

Posted on June 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the community against foreign attacks; it is not less essential to the steady administration of the laws; to the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Every Actual State Is Corrupt. Good Men Must Not Obey Laws Too Well

Posted on May 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Every actual state is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

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Laws of Madness

Posted on April 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Laws of Madnessby Michael DoyleSystematic failures that lead to sadnessAcross the nations are laws of madnessThat constantly flourish and prevailAll of these bringing us a living HellIt’s as if we’ve misconceived the operationThat leads us to those final conversationsVague, equivocal, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is the Manners and Spirit of A People Which Preserve A Republic In Vigor

Posted on April 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)

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