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Tag Archives: Liberty
First Principles: God Who Gave Us Life Gave Us Liberty. And Can the Liberties of A Nation Be Thought Secure When We Have Removed Their Only Firm Basis…?
“God who gave us life gave us liberty. 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 of the … Continue reading
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First Principles: 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
“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)
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First Principles: There Must Be A Positive Passion For the Public Good…Established In the Minds of the People, Or There Can Be No Republican Government
“There must be a positive passion for the public good, the public interest, honour, power and glory, established in the minds of the people, or there can be no republican government, nor any real liberty.” – John Adams (1776)
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First Principles: A Constitution of Government Once Changed From Freedom Can Never Be Restored. Liberty, Once Lost, Is Lost Forever
“A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.” – John Adams (1775)
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First Principles: The Natural Progress of Things Is For Liberty To Yield and Government To Gain Ground
“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.” – Thomas Jefferson (1788)
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First Principles: The Natural Progress of Things Is For Liberty To Yield and Government To Gain Ground
“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.” – Thomas Jefferson (1788)
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First Principles: Liberty Cannot Be Preserved Without A General Knowledge Among the People, Who Have A Right…To Knowledge
“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right, from the frame of their nature, to knowledge, as their great Creator, who does nothing in vain, has given them understandings, and a desire to … Continue reading
First Principles: To Suppose That Any Form of Government Will Secure Liberty or Happiness Without Any Virtue In the People, Is A Chimerical Idea
“Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks-no form of government can render us secure. To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any … Continue reading
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