Tag Archives: Property

First Principles: Government Is Founded Not On Force…(I)t Springs From the Necessities of Our Nature, and Has An Everlasting Foundation In the Unchangeable Will of God

Posted on August 9, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Government is founded not on force, as was the theory of Hobbes; nor on compact, as was the theory of Locke and of the revolution of 1688; nor on property, as was the assertion of Harrington. It springs from the … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Compact, Everlasting, First Principles, Foundation, Founded, Government, Harrington, Hobbes, James Otis, Locke, Nature, Necessities, Not On Force, Property, Revolution of 1688, Springs, Theory, Unchangeable, Will of God | Leave a comment

First Principles: Where An Excess of Power Prevails, Property of No Sort Is Duly Respected

Posted on October 28, 2020 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)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Excess, Faculties, First Principles, In Opinions, James Madison, No Person, Person, Possessions, Power, Prevail, Property, Respected, Safe | Leave a comment

First Principles: Mankind Has A Natural Right To Property, Character, Liberty and To Safety

Posted on May 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“I am first to show, that a man has a natural right to his property, to his character, to liberty, and to safety.” – James Wilson, in Of the Natural Rights of Individuals

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Character, First Principles, James Wilson, Liberty, Mankind, Natural Right, Of the Natural Rights of Individuals, Property, Safety | Leave a comment

First Principles: As Long As Marriage Exists, Knowledge, Property and Influence Will Accumulate In Families

Posted on May 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“As long as Property exists, it will accumulate in Individuals and Families. As long as Marriage exists, Knowledge, Property and Influence will accumulate in Families.” – John Adams, in Letter to Abigail Adams (July 17, 1775)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Accumulate, Families, First Principles, Individuals, Influence, John Adams, Knowledge, Letter to Abigail Adams, Long, Marriage, Property | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1780s, Account, Accumulation, Acquisition, Action, Alliance, Ambition, American History, Arrangement, Assent, Bad, Checks and Balances, Communion, Confederation, Consent, Constant, Correct, Dedication, Deficient, Dignity, Diplomatic, Disobedience, Disregard, Early, Enforce, Errors, Essay, Experience, Face, Faction, Federalist Papers, Fledgling, George Washington, Good, Government, History, Human Nature, Humanity, Inflection, Institution, Insurrection, Intent, Intention, John Jay, Lessons, Limit, Loose, Mankind, Mystery, Nation, Necessary, Need, Passion, Photograph, Place, Play, Poem, Poetry, Power, Prime Lesson, Problems, Progress, Properties, Property, Prosperity, Protection, Publius, Reason, Reassessment, Refelction, Reliance, Republic, Resolution, Right, Rights, Season, Secure, Separation of Powers, Situation, Sobriety, Speak, State, Structure, Sufficient, Time, Truth, Understood, Union, United Nations, Unity, Utopia, Visonary | Leave a comment

Sustaining Liberty

Posted on April 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In this election year and in the midst of the pandemic, it makes at least me want to review those things that America is supposed to stand for as our moral compass. Sustaining Liberty by Michael Doyle Inherent as sisters … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absent, Agreed, America, Armed Forces, Assent, Basis, Border, Brothers, Budget, Cherish, Compact, Consent, Constitution, Country, Crime, Derive, Dignity, Dominate, Duty, Election Year, Enslave, Equality, Fate, Foreign Policy, Fragrance, Free People, Freedom, Give, Governed, Government, Inherent, Institutions, Integrity, Law, Liberty, Life, Maintain, Moral Compass, Nation, Natural Rights, Pandemic, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Preservation, Prevent, Principles, Priority, Property, Protection, Right To Rule, Rule, Sacred, Sisters, Social Compact, Society, Subordination, Sustain, The People, Three Branches, Thrive | Leave a comment

First Principles: Lawmakers Who Attempt To Take the Property of the People Are At War With the People

Posted on February 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Whenever legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Absolve, Arbitrary Power, Destroy, Endeavor, First Principles, John Locke, Legislator, Obedience, Property, Reduce, Slavery, State of War, Take Away, The People | Leave a comment

First Principles: We Cannot Be Happy Without Being Free; We Cannot Be Free Without Being Secure In Our Property

Posted on February 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Let these truths be indelibly impressed on our minds — that we cannot be happy, without being FREE — that we cannot be free, without being secure in our property— that we cannot be secure in our property, if, without … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Consent, Fee, First Principles, Happy, Impose, Impress, John Dickinson, Mind, Property, Right, Secure, Take, Truth | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Natural Rights of All People Include the Right To Life; the Right to Liberty; the Right to Property and the Right to Defend These

Posted on January 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.” – Samuel Adams

Posted in First Principles | Tagged All People, Colonists, First Principles, Liberty, Manner, Natural Rights, Property, Right to Defend, Right To Life, Samuel Adams | Leave a comment

First Principles: Among the Natural Rights of All Is First the Right To Life

Posted on November 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Defend, First Principles, Liberty, Manner, Natural Right, Property, Right To Life, Samuel Adams | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Property

First Principles: Government Is Founded Not On Force…(I)t Springs From the Necessities of Our Nature, and Has An Everlasting Foundation In the Unchangeable Will of God

First Principles: Where An Excess of Power Prevails, Property of No Sort Is Duly Respected

First Principles: Mankind Has A Natural Right To Property, Character, Liberty and To Safety

First Principles: As Long As Marriage Exists, Knowledge, Property and Influence Will Accumulate In Families

First Principles: Lawmakers Who Attempt To Take the Property of the People Are At War With the People

First Principles: The Natural Rights of All People Include the Right To Life; the Right to Liberty; the Right to Property and the Right to Defend These

First Principles: Among the Natural Rights of All Is First the Right To Life

Flickr Photos

Blogs I Follow

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Archives