Tag Archives: Liberty

First Principles: Self Defense Is A Primary Law Of Nature

Posted on October 12, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The defense of one’s self, justly called the primary law of nature, is not, nor can it be abrogated by any regulation of municipal law. This principle of defense is not confined merely to the person; it extends to the … Continue reading →

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Exceptional

Posted on October 11, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Thinking in terms of the national There are few things as exceptional Than the gifts of freedom and liberty Paid for at the foot of that given tree Where mankind pines for freedom Safe from the tyrannical kingdoms And where … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Democracy Leads To Licentiousness Not Liberty

Posted on October 7, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty.” –Fisher Ames, speech in the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1788 One need only look at the recent law passed by California in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is Essential To Our Republic To Bear Arms and Know How To Use Them

Posted on October 6, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“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 a … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Wise Men Struggle For Liberty

Posted on October 1, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope and pride. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Rule of Law Is What Makes Society Stable

Posted on September 27, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“I believe that the main lesson which our generation has learnt is that we must find a new limit for the activities of government, a limit which leaves ample scope for sensible experimentation but which secures the freedom of the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: To Love Liberty Is To Love Others

Posted on September 21, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.” —William Hazlitt (1778-1830) This writer, though as British as John Locke, may be much overlooked these days, but he is on point … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Experts On the Public Good Are Often Wrong and Sometimes Dangerous

Posted on September 14, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The greatest danger to liberty today comes from the men who are most needed and most powerful in modern government, namely, the efficient expert administrators exclusively concerned with what they regard as the public good.” —Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992) … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is Better To Die Free Than Live As Slaves

Posted on September 3, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers, which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have compelled by our … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: There Cannot Be Too Much Liberty

Posted on August 30, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.” — Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

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