Tag Archives: Morality

First Principles: Virtue, Morality and Religion Are the Armor That Renders Us Invincible

Posted on August 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“. . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we should study. If we lose these, we are conquered, fallen indeed . . . so … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Americans Combine Christianity and Liberty So Intimately That It Is Impossible to Conceive One Without the Other

Posted on June 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other.” – Alexis de Tocqueville

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First Principles: Our Constitution Was Made For A Moral and Religious People and Is Inadequate To Govern Otherwise

Posted on May 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution … Continue reading →

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First Principles: No Government Has The Power to Contend With Human Passions Unbridled By Morality and Religion

Posted on May 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion… Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – … Continue reading →

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The Whiskey Priest

Posted on March 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based on Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory.. seemed suitable for Lent on the dark side.. Read the novel to see why more accurately…. The Whiskey Priest by Michael Romani Anger has replaced ambition With the drive to drink Even … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Without Morals A Republic Cannot Subsist Any Length of Time

Posted on February 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Government Should Be A Referee, Not An Active Player

Posted on September 16, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“When government — in pursuit of good intentions — tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Virtue and Morality Are Necessary For Popular Free Government

Posted on August 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every species of free Government.” – George Washington (1796)

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Word Prompt – Angel

Posted on August 7, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Better men than me have caved to adversity Losing their way in life’s forms of perversity But, I may be among the first to openly agree That the angel on my back gets the best of me As she speaks … Continue reading →

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First Principles: No Government Can Restrain Humanity Set Free By Morality and Religion

Posted on April 24, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion.” – John Adams (1798) .. But GQ thinks you should read smutty fiction instead…

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