Tag Archives: Principle

First Principles: Basic To Our Constitution Is That Nobody Is Above the Law

Posted on November 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law.” – Barack Obama Seven pages of quotations from Mr. Obama and this is the closest that I could find comporting to the founding principles of our nation. … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Always Vote For Principle And Your Vote Is Never Lost

Posted on October 3, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. – John Quincy Adams

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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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Thought For the Day: The Bedrock Principle of Our Justice System Is A Presumption of Innocence

Posted on July 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“It was not the special counsel’s job to conclusively determine Donald Trump’s innocence or to exonerate him because the bedrock principle of our justice system is a presumption of innocence. Donald Trump is not above the law, but he damn … Continue reading →

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First Principles: God Has Planted the Love of Freedom In Every Human That Is Impatient of Oppression and Seeks Deliverance

Posted on April 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“In every human Beast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance.“ – Phillis Wheatley

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An Elegy To Common Sense

Posted on February 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Poem A Day #11 is to be an elegy. The word prompt is ‘black hole’. Milkwood’s definition of elegy is limited to the following. I would argue that the person who wrote the notecard needs to revisit this. I have … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Our Appropriations Should Equal Our Legislative Promises

Posted on January 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“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 Branches of Our Government Are Co-Equal

Posted on December 18, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“I acknowledge, in the ordinary course of government, that the exposition of the laws and Constitution devolves upon the judicial. But I beg to know upon what principle it can be contended that any one department draws from the Constitution … 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 alohapromisesforever

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First Principles: Love of Truth and Veneration of Virtue Are the Sparks of Discernment of Right and Wrong and True and False

Posted on November 10, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“A love of truth and a veneration of virtue. These amiable passions, are the ‘latent spark’… If the people are capable of understanding, seeing and feeling the differences between true and false, right and wrong, virtue and vice, to what … Continue reading →

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