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First Principles: Laws That Forbid Carrying Arms Only Disarm Those Neither Inclined Nor Determined to Commit Crimes

Posted on November 13, 2018 by

“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 rather to encourage than to … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Degeneracy Of Manners and Spirit Will Be the Ruin of Our Republic

Posted on August 13, 2018 by

“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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First Principles: Neither the Wisest Constitution Or Laws Can Protect A Corrupted People

Posted on July 30, 2018 by

“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 Ordinary People To Be Defined By Common Sense Not The Metaphysical

Posted on April 16, 2018 by

“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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Thought For the Day: Laws Are Like Cobwebs

Posted on March 11, 2018 by

“Laws are like cobwebs which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” – Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)            

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First Principles: Our Republic’s Most Sacred Duty Is An Inviolable Respect for the Constitution and Laws

Posted on March 7, 2018 by

“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: Be Deliberate In Planning and Implementing Laws

Posted on January 24, 2018 by

“In planning, forming, and arranging laws, deliberation is always becoming, and always useful.” – James Wilson      

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First Principles: Neither the Constitution Nor Law Protects A Corrupt People

Posted on November 12, 2017 by

“[N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.” –Samuel Adams (1749) How about that, the Founders called out the conditions of today more than we might … Continue reading →

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