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First Principles: The Ways and Means Ought Always To Face the Public Engagements; …Our Appropriations Should Ever Go Hand In Hand With Our Promises

Posted on August 27, 2024 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. To say that the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Pure Democracy Is Often the Most Tyrannical and Rash

Posted on June 3, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“A pure democracy is generally a very bad government, it is often the most tyrannical government on earth; for a multitude is often rash, and will not hear reason.” – Noah Webster, in The Original Blue Back Speller (an instruction book … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Bad Government, Democracy, First Principles, Noah Webster, Rash, Schoolmaster of the Republic, Tyrannical, Unreasonable | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Rash

First Principles: The Ways and Means Ought Always To Face the Public Engagements; …Our Appropriations Should Ever Go Hand In Hand With Our Promises

First Principles: A Pure Democracy Is Often the Most Tyrannical and Rash

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