Tag Archives: Opinion

Rocky Road To Faith

Posted on September 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1 John 1:9: Rocky Road To Faith by Michael Romani There are so many times we scoff in pride Looking at God’s will far from the outside Believing our own path and our will be done … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Government Should Be Formed To Secure and Enlarge the Exercise of the Natural Rights of Its Members

Posted on September 20, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Government, in my humble opinion, should be formed to secure and to enlarge the exercise of the natural rights of its members; and every government, which has not this in view, as its principal object, is not a government of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Everyone Is Entitled To Their Own Opinion, but, Not Their Own Facts

Posted on September 19, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” – Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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First Principles: Where An Excess of Power Prevails, No Person Is Safe As To Opinion, Person, Faculties or Possessions

Posted on February 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.” – James Madison (1792)

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Time Well Spent

Posted on February 6, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

In this age of global interconnection, we face a modern paradox. At the same time that we are more connected than ever, we are also increasingly polarized and alienated from one another. What might have been and can still be … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Nothing Is So Contagious As Opinion Formed In the Mind of Distrust

Posted on January 6, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Nothing is so contagious as opinion, especially on questions which, being susceptible of very different glosses, beget in the mind a distrust of itself.” – James Madison (1790)

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First Principles: Allowing Only the Judiciary To Decide What Is Constitutional Leads To Despotism

Posted on August 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“[T]he opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves, in their, own sphere of action, but for the Legislature and Executive also in their spheres, would make … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Truth Can Stand For Itself

Posted on May 20, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors?” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)

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First Principles: May We Ever Endeavor To Be Friends Despite Our Differences

Posted on April 18, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson (1800)

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Thought For the Day: Our Hearts and Not the Opinions of Others Form Our Honor

Posted on March 20, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Our own heart, and not other men’s opinions, form our true honor.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

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