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First Principles: No Government Has The Power to Contend With Human Passions Unbridled By Morality and Religion

Posted on May 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion… Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Freedom, Not Servitude, Is the Cure For Anarchy; True Faith Is the Cure For Superstition

Posted on May 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy for superstition.” – Edmund Burke, Second Speech on Conciliation with America, The Thirteen Resolutions (3/22/1775)

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First Principles: The Richest Inheritance Is To Pass On Christianity To Our Family

Posted on May 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian Religion. If they had that and I had not given them one shilling … Continue reading →

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First Principles: No National Church Should Be Established

Posted on May 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“All religions united with government are more or less inimical to liberty. All, separated from government, are compatible with liberty.” – Henry Clay, statesman and orator (12 Apr 1777-1852) Clay was really from the second generation of the Republic, but, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Matters of Belief Are Between A Person’s Soul and God

Posted on April 24, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Religion is ‘twixt God and my own soul, Nor saint, nor sage, can boundless thought control.” – Judith Sargent Murray

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First Principles: We Should Attend To the Higher Duties of Being Both Patriotic and Christian

Posted on March 31, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Religion and Law Are Twin Sisters

Posted on March 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants. Indeed, these two sciences run into each other. The divine law, as discovered by reason and the moral sense, forms an essential part of … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Let Us Never Forget That America’s Inheritance Rests On A History of Heroes Struggling For Our Future Generations

Posted on January 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and capacity, if wisely improved, and faithfully guarded, of transmitting to their latest posterity all the substantial … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Man’s Wickedness Will Only Increase Without Religion

Posted on January 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it?” – Benjamin Franklin

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First Principles: The Essential Principles of the United States Are Equal and Exact Justice To All Persons

Posted on December 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our government… Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever persuasion, religious or political.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)

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