Tag Archives: Preserve

First Principles: To Preserve the Republican Form and Principles of Our Constitution and Cleave To the Salutary Distribution of Powers… Are the Two Sheet Anchors of Our Union

Posted on February 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“To preserve the republican form and principles of our Constitution and cleave to the salutary distribution of powers which [the Constitution] has established … are the two sheet anchors of our Union. If driven from either, we shall be in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Liberty Cannot Be Preserved Without A General Knowledge Among the People, Who Have A Right…To Knowledge

Posted on November 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“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 →

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First Principles: Guard With Jealous Attention the Public Liberty

Posted on November 18, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.” – Patrick Henry (1788)

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First Principles: Every Man Who Loves Liberty Ought To Have It Ever Before His Eyes That He May Cherish In His Heart A Due Attachment to the Union of America

Posted on July 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country, every man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before his eyes that he may cherish in his heart a due attachment to the Union of America and … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: You and I Have A Rendezvous With Destiny. We’ll Preserve For Our Children This, the Last Best Hope of Man On Earth

Posted on July 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We’ll preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we’ll sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.” – Ronald Reagan

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First Principles: It Is the Manners and Spirit of A People Which Preserve A Republic In Vigor

Posted on April 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)

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First Principles: To Be Prepared For War, Is One of the Most Effectual Means of Preserving Peace

Posted on February 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.” – George Washington (1790)

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First Principles: I Do Solemnly Swear That I Will Faithfully…To the Best of My Ability, Preserve, Protect, and Defend the Constitution of the United States

Posted on February 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” – Article II, Section 1, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: How Difficult It Is For Mankind…To Preserve Their Dearest Rights and Best Privileges, Impelled As It Were By an Irresistible Fate of Despotism

Posted on December 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“How difficult it has been for mankind, in all ages and countries, to preserve their dearest rights and best privileges, impelled as it were by an irresistible fate of despotism.” – James Monroe (1788)

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First Principles: Guard With Jealous Attention the Public Liberty. Suspect Every One Who Approaches That Jewel

Posted on October 28, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

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