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First Principles: The Boisterous Sea of Liberty Is Never Without A Wave

Posted on October 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.” – Thomas Jefferson (1820)

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First Principles: Hold Fast To the Bible As the Sheet-Anchor of Your Liberties; Write Its Precepts In Your Hearts, and Practice Them In Your Lives

Posted on October 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives” – Ulysses S. Grant

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First Principles: Without Freedom of Thought There Can Be No Such Thing As Wisdom; and No Such Thing As Public Liberty, Without Freedom of Speech

Posted on September 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Without Freedom of Thought there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as Public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech.” – Benjamin Franklin (1722)

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First Principles: Liberty Is Not To Be Enjoyed, Indeed It Cannot Exist, Without the Habits of Just Subordination; It Consists, Not So Much In Removing All Restraint From the Orderly, As In Imposing It On the Violent

Posted on September 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Liberty is not to be enjoyed, indeed it cannot exist, without the habits of just subordination; it consists, not so much in removing all restraint from the orderly, as in imposing it on the violent.” – Fisher Ames (1801) Twice … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Neither the Wisest Constitution Nor the Wisest Laws Will Secure the Liberty and Happiness of A People Whose Manners Are Universally Corrupt

Posted on September 6, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“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: Our Liberty Depends On Our Education, Our Laws, and Habits…It Is Founded On Morals and Religion Whose Authority Reigns In the Heart

Posted on August 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on the influence all these produce on public opinion before that opinion governs … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The God Who Gave Us Life Gave Us Liberty At the Same Time; the Hand of Force May Destroy, But Cannot Disjoin Them

Posted on August 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.” – Thomas Jefferson (1774)

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Nat Turner’s Legacy

Posted on August 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Nat Turner’s Legacyby Michael DoyleExceptions seldom make the ruleFoolish thinkers need their schoolThose who dwell on the mysteryOf why so few rose against slaveryIt is a cowardice of cultureThat we cannot afford to nurtureLet’s recall a moment of historyLived by … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Arbitrary Power Is Most Easily Established On the Ruins of Liberty Abused To Licentiousness

Posted on August 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.” – George Washington (1753)

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First Principles: Whoever Would Overthrow the Liberty of A Nation Must Begin By Subduing the Freedom of Speech

Posted on August 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.” – Benjamin Franklin

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