Tag Archives: Liberty

First Principles: Liberty’s Enthusiasm Makes Humanity Rise In Acts of Bravery and Heroism

Posted on June 3, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.”– Alexander Hamilton

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First Principles: Liberty, Once Lost, Is Lost Forever

Posted on June 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“But a constitution of government once changed from freedom can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.””– John Adams

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First Principles: Our Republic Is Intended Give Mankind Civil and Religious Liberty

Posted on May 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Courage, then, my countrymen, our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.” – Samuel Adams, Speech at the State House, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Political Freedom Includes In It Every Other Blessing

Posted on May 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Political freedom includes in it every other blessing. All the pleasures of riches, science, virtue, and even religion itself derive their value from liberty alone. No wonder therefore wise and prudent legislators have in all ages been held in such … Continue reading →

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Cowpoke Promenade (Reflections II – Her Side)

Posted on May 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes it can be a little much to have to lasso your cowpoke she said…. I should just admit here, this is based on a bit in a movie, not reality. No actual cowpokes were corralled in the writing of … Continue reading →

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Cowpoke Promenade (Reflection I)

Posted on May 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Life on the frontier offered its surprises. None were so surprising but that sometimes even in the most rugged of circumstances, there was love to be found. Cowpoke Promenade (Reflection I) by Michael Romani He spent his life Trying to … Continue reading →

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First Principles: No National Church Should Be Established

Posted on May 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“All religions united with government are more or less inimical to liberty. All, separated from government, are compatible with liberty.” – Henry Clay, statesman and orator (12 Apr 1777-1852) Clay was really from the second generation of the Republic, but, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Liberty Is Not Easily Surrendered Where Knowledge Is Diffused and Virtue Is Preserved

Posted on May 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffusd and Virtue is preservd.” – Samuel Adams (1775)

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First Principles: A Corrupt Press Deceives, Inflames, Dishonors Virtue, Stokes the Flames of Faction and Ends Its Own Enemy

Posted on April 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press. It is however, the prostituted companion of liberty, and somehow or other, we know not how, its efficient auxiliary. It follows the substance like its shade; but while … Continue reading →

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First Principles: There Has Never Been A Democracy That Did Not Commit Suicide

Posted on April 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” – John Adams (and that’s why we’re a republic and not a democracy says every right thinking … Continue reading →

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