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First Principles: There Must Be A Positive Passion For the Public Good…Established In the Minds of the People, Or There Can Be No Republican Government
“There must be a positive passion for the public good, the public interest, honour, power and glory, established in the minds of the people, or there can be no republican government, nor any real liberty.” – John Adams (1776)
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Tagged Establish, First Principles, Honor, Interest, John Adams, Liberty, Minds, Positive Passion, Power and Glory, Public Good, Republican Government, The People
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First Principles: I Wish To Be Useful, and Every Kind of Service Necessary For the Public Good, Becomes Honorable By Being Necessary
“I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, becomes honorable by being necessary.” – Nathan Hale (1776)
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Tagged Expectation, First Principles, Honor, Influenced, Nathan Hale, Necessary, Pecuniary Reward, Promotion, Public Good, Service, Useful, Wish
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First Principles: It Is A Just Observation That the People Commonly Intend the Public Good. This Often Applies To Their Very Errors.
“It is a just observation that the people commonly intend the Public Good. This often applies to their very errors. But their good sense would despise the adulator who should pretend they always reason right about the means of promoting … Continue reading
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Tagged Adulator, Alexander Hamilton, Common, Despise, Errors, First Principles, Good Sense, Just Observation, Means, Pretend, Promote, Public Good, Reason, The People
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First Principles: Become Honorable By Being Necessary
“I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, become honorable by being necessary.” – Nathan Hale, 1776
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Tagged Country, Exigencies, Expectation, First Principles, Honorable, Influence, Nathan Hale, Necessary, Pecuniary, Promotion, Public Good, Reward, Service, Useful
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First Principles: Public Virtue Cannot Exist In A Nation Without Private, and Public Virtue Is the Only Foundation of Republics
“Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics. There must be a positive passion for the public good, the public interest, honour, power and glory, established in the minds of … Continue reading
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Tagged First Principles, Foundation, Glory, Honor, John Adams, Liberty, Minds, Nation, Positive Passion, Power, Private, Private Passions, Public Good, Public Interest, Public Passion, Public Virtue, Republics, Superior, The People
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First Principles: A Government Ought To Contain In Itself Every Power Requisite To the Full Accomplishment of the Objects Committed To Its Care
“A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and to the complete execution of the trusts for which it is responsible, free from every other control but … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Care, Contain, Control, Every Power, First Principles, Free, Full Accomplishment, Government, Objects, Public Good, Requisite, Responsible, The People, Trusts
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First Principles: There Must Be A Positive Passion For the Public Good, the Public Interest, Honor, Power, and Glory, Established In the Minds of the People, Or There Can Be No Republican Government
“There must be a positive passion for the public good, the public interest, honour, power and glory, established in the minds of the people, or there can be no republican government, nor any real liberty: and this public passion must … Continue reading
First Principles: Public Virtue Cannot Exist In A Nation Without Private, and Public Virtue Is the Only Foundation of Republics
“Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics. There must be a positive passion for the public good, the public interest, honour, power and glory, established in the minds of … Continue reading
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First Principles: I Wish To Be Useful, and Every Kind of Service Necessary For the Public Good, Become Honorable By Being Necessary
“I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, become honorable by being necessary.” – Nathan Hale, 1776
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Tagged Every Kind of Service, Exigencies, First Principles, Honorable, Imperious, My Country, Nathan Hale, Necessary, Public Good, Service, Useful, Wish
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On the 1619 Project
An ahistorical work that seeks to repudiate the founding principles of America won the Pulitzer Prize today. In my eyes, all luster is now gone to both the Nobel prizes and the Pulitzer with this move. It’s not … Continue reading
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