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First Principles: Love of Liberty Leads To Acts of Bravery and Heroism
“There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.” – Alexander Hamilton (1775)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Bravery, Courage, Enthusiasm, First Principles, Heroism, Human Nature, Liberty, Rise
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First Principles: Our Fight For Liberty Is the Cause of All Mankind
“It is a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own.” – Benjamin Franklin, letter to Samuel Cooper, 1777
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First Principles: Only God Can Secure the Liberty That He has Provided Us All
“God who gave us life gave us Liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that … Continue reading
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Tagged First Principles, Gift, God, Justice, Liberty, Life, Nation, Secure, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Neither the Wisest Constitution Or Laws Can Protect A Corrupted People
“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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Tagged Constitution, Corruption, First Principles, Happiness, Laws, Liberty, manners, Samuel Adams, Security, The People, Wisdom
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Seeds of Totalitarianism Dispersed
Generally speaking, we as a people stand for liberty and all its intendent duties and responsibilities. In this day and age, there has been an increasing move toward surrendering liberties for what we have latched onto as security, be it … Continue reading
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Tagged Absurd, Belief, Clever, Connotation, Cynicism, Deception, Difference, Double Speak, False Nuance, False Positive, God, Help, Language, Liberty, Matters, Morbidity, Myth, Orwellian, Perverse, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Provocation, Reality, Resolution, Society, Tactics, Totalitarianism, Truth, Tyranny, Understanding, Version, Willful Amnesia
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First Principles: Choose Economy and Liberty Over Profusion and Servitude
“We must make our election between economy and Liberty, or profusion and servitude.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)
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Tagged Choice, Economy, Election, First Principles, Government, Liberty, Profusion, Servitude, The People, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Liberty Is Sacred When Rightly Understood
“Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world. Justly understood it is sacred next to those which we appropriate in divine adoration; but in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Comprehension, Divine, Evil, First Principles, Good, Liberty, Oliver Ellsworth, Perspective, Society
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First Principles: To Believe That the Militia Isn’t The Entirety of the People Is Against the Principles of Our Republic
“Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them… The mind that aims at a select militia, must be influenced by … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-Republican Principles, Arms, Federal Farmer, First Principles, Instruction, Liberty, Milita, Perservation, Select Militia, The People, Vigilance
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First Principles: A Law Must Have Universal Operation On All Members of A Community To Preserve Liberty
“Where there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.” – Benjamin Rush (1788) … Continue reading
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First Principles: The Liberty of A Nation Is Only As Secure As Its Faith In God
“And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be … Continue reading
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