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First Principles: The Ordaining of Laws In Favor of One Part of the Nation, To the Prejudice and Oppression of Another, Is Certainly the Most Erroneous and Mistaken Policy
“The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy.” – Benjamin Franklin (1774)
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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
“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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Tagged Armed Man, Arms, Assailants, Assaulted, Cesare Beccaria, Crimes, Determined, Disarm, Encourage, First Principles, Forbid, Greater Confidence, Homocides, Inclined, Laws, Prevent, Unarmed, Worse
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A Life Lived Publicly
A Life Lived Publiclyby Michael DoyleWe walk through life brisklyThinking thoughts ironicallyAbout a life lived publiclyWhen it cannot be lived privatelyThere are eyes most everywhereAs the cameras blink and others stareIt only works if we live comfortablyWith the feeling we’re … Continue reading
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First Principles: In the Supposed State of Nature, All Men Are Equally Bound By the Laws of Nature, Or To Speak More Properly, the Laws of the Creator
“In the supposed state of nature, all men are equally bound by the laws of nature, or to speak more properly, the laws of the Creator.” – Samuel Adams
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Tagged Creator, Equally Bound, First Principles, Laws, Laws of Nature, Liberty, Mankind, Properly, Samuel Adams, Speak, Spiritual, State of Nature, Temporal
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First Principles: The General Government Is Not to Be Charged With the Whole Power of Making and Administering Laws; Its Jurisdiction Is Limited To Certain Enumerated Objects
“The general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws: its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects, which concern all the members of the republic, but which are not to be attained … Continue reading
First Principles: Energy In the Executive Is…Essential to the Protection of the Community Against Foreign Attacks
“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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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Ambition, Anarchy, Assaults, Community, Definition, Energy, Enterprises, Essential, Executive, Faction, First Principles, Foreign Attacks, Good Government, High-Handed Combinations, Interrupt, Irregular, Justice, Laws, Leading Character, Ordinary Course, Protection, Protection of Property, Security of Liberty, Stead Administration
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First Principles: To Maintain the Ascendancy of the Constitution Over the Lawmaking Majority Is the Great and Essential Point On Which the Success of the American System Must Depend
“To maintain the ascendancy of the Constitution over the lawmaking majority is the great and essential point on which the success of the [American] system must depend; unless that ascendancy can be preserved, the necessary consequence must be that the … Continue reading
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Tagged American System, Ascendency, Constitution, Depend, Essential, First Principles, Great, Influence, John C. Calhoun, Lawmaking Majoriy, Laws, Maintain, Necessary Consequence, Patronage, Point, Preserve, Success, Supercede, Supersede the Laws, Will of the Executive
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First Principles: If the Public Are Bound To Yield Obedience To Laws To Which They Cannot Give Their Approbation, They Are Slaves To Those Who Make Such Laws and Enforce Them
“[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.” – Candidus (1772)
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First Principles: It Is the Manners and Spirit of A People Which Preserve A Republic In Vigor
“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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Tagged Canker, Constitution, Degeneracy, First Principles, Heart, Laws, manners, People, Preserve, Republic, Spirit, Thomas Jefferson, Vigor
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