Tag Archives: Preserve

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

Posted on December 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

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

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First Principles: Educate and Inform the Whole Mass of the People. Enable Them To See That It Is Their Interest To Preserve Peace and Order and They Will Preserve Them

Posted on December 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. Enable them to see that it is their interest to preserve peace and order, and they will preserve them.” -Thomas Jefferson

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Thought For the Day: Your Righteousness Is Like the Great Mountains; Your Judgments Are A Great Deep; O Lord, You Preserve Man and Beast

Posted on November 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Your righteousness is like the great mountains; your great judgment are a great deep; O Lord, you preserve man and beast.” – Psalm 36:6

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Thought For the Day: It Is Not the Business of Government To Make Men Virtuous Or Religious, Or to Preserve the Fool From the Consequences of His Own Folly

Posted on October 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly. Government should be repressive no further than is necessary to secure liberty by protecting the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is the Duty of Every Good Citizen To Use All the Opportunities Which Occur To Him, For Preserving Documents Relating To the History of Our Country

Posted on August 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the duty of every good citizen to use all the opportunities which occur to him, for preserving documents relating to the history of our country.” – Thomas Jefferson (1823)

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Wild Winds

Posted on August 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

As mentioned before, it is birthday weekend for a very sweet daughter whose gentle spirit and artistic ways make me a better man in every way. I am so proud to be her father. I thought it might be, and … Continue reading →

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

Posted on June 12, 2020 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: It Is Necessary To Have the Principles of Virtue Early Inculcated On the Minds of Children and Morality Kept Alive

Posted on May 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Since private and publick Vices, are in Reality, though not always apparently, so nearly connected, of how much Importance, how necessary is it, that the utmost Pains be taken by the Publick, to have the Principles of Virtue early inculcated … Continue reading →

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Glass Onion Reality

Posted on March 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

How many layers of conjecture do we need to peel back to find true reality? Is it even possible for us to comprehend? https://flic.kr/p/qowcXW Glass Onion Reality by Michael Doyle All things, all times, all places Bear the burden across … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Universal Peace Only Exists In the Imagination of Visionary Philosophers and Breasts of Benevolent Enthusiasts

Posted on March 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“A universal peace … is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary philosophers, or in the breasts of benevolent enthusiasts.” – James Madison (1792) Two seemingly contradictory statements. Yet, we find the … Continue reading →

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