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First Principles: It Is Unlawful To Take Away the Liberty of Others Simply Through Superior Power

Posted on February 9, 2019 by

“[I]t is certainly unlawful to make inroads upon others . . . and take away their liberty by no better means than superior power.“ – John Witherspoon, Signer of the Declaration of Independence      

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Thought For the Day: Maybe Christmas Is Something More Than What Comes From Stores

Posted on December 21, 2018 by

“It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages, boxes or bags!… Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! “Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas … perhaps … means a … Continue reading →

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First Principles: When the Press Corrupts Politics, It is the Press That Is The Means of Our Political Regeneration

Posted on December 19, 2018 by

“It is the press which has corrupted our political morals — and it is to the press we must look for the means of our political regeneration.”– Alexander Hamilton, 1804 Yes, Virginia, this is not the first time that the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Ways and Means Needed By Our Government Must Equal Appropriations Hand In Hand

Posted on December 2, 2018 by

“There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that our appropriations should ever go hand in hand with our promises.” – James Madison (1790) … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Chief Aim of Criminal Jurisprudence Is to Prevent Crimes

Posted on June 13, 2018 by

“To prevent crimes, is the noblest end and aim of criminal jurisprudence. To punish them, is one of the means necessary for the accomplishment of this noble end and aim.” – James Wilson (1790)            

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Thought For the Day: Liberty Is the Highest Political End

Posted on June 9, 2018 by

“Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is the highest political end.”  – Lord Acton  (1834-1902)      

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First Principles: The People Must Be Vigilant of Their Rights At All Times

Posted on February 9, 2018 by

“For it is a truth which the experience of all ages has attested, that the people are always most in danger, when the means of injuring their rights are in the possession of those of whom they entertain the least … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Preventing Crimes Is the Aim of Jurisprudence

Posted on December 4, 2017 by

“To prevent crimes, is the noblest end and aim of criminal jurisprudence. To punish them, is one of the means necessary for the accomplishment of this noble end and aim.”  — James Wilson Such a simple proposition really.  Looking at … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Faults Are Mostly More Pardonable Than Concealment

Posted on November 19, 2017 by

 “Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.” – François Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)      

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Thought For the Day: Be Content Within Your Means

Posted on June 30, 2017 by

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” – Hebrews 13:5 (New International Version) This thought is sometimes … Continue reading →

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