Tag Archives: Progress

First Principles: The Natural Progress of Things Is For Liberty To Yield and Government To Gain Ground

Posted on September 30, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.” –Thomas Jefferson, letter to E. Carrington, 1788

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First Principles: Without Continual Growth and Progress, Such Words As Improvement, Achievement and Success Have No Meaning

Posted on January 2, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” – Benjamin Franklin

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First Principles: Is It Not That the Declaration of Independence First Organized the Social Compact On the Foundation of the Redeemer’s Mission Upon Earth? – That It Laid the Cornerstone of Human Government On the First Precepts of Christianity

Posted on October 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Is it not that in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? – that it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Those Who Cannot Remember the Past Are Condemned To Repeat It

Posted on July 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana in The Life of Reason … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Whenever We Take Away the Liberties of Those Whom We Hate, We Are Opening the Way To Loss of Liberty For Those We Love

Posted on June 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Whenever we take away the liberties of those whom we hate, we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.” – Wendell L. Willkie (1892-1944)

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Human Nature and Faction

Posted on April 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the early days of the American republic, human nature and faction were of some serious concern. I doubt that the Founding Fathers ever truly envisioned how egregious faction would grow in our society to the point where we can’t … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is A Common Error To Mistake Change For Progress

Posted on October 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“It is not strange… to mistake change for progress.” – Millard Fillmore

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Ways of Freedom

Posted on September 8, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

From time to time, it seems necessary to think on choices made and principles kept. Ways of Freedom by Michael Romani “Times march on”, says the old soldier Remembering back on times bolder But some things are best and better … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt – Class

Posted on September 7, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The universe measures us in a thousand weighs We’ll never really understand through our days We stand here hopeless about being helpless; it’s true Relying on half truths of a class we never really ever knew Taking our journey in … Continue reading →

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Thought of the Day: If You Cannot Remember the Past, You’re Condemned To Repeat It

Posted on August 18, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

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