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First Principles: Virtue, Morality and Religion Are the Armor That Renders Us Invincible

Posted on August 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“. . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we should study. If we lose these, we are conquered, fallen indeed . . . so … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Religion Is Of Public Concern and In Great Measure Fosters the Peace and Good Order of Government

Posted on July 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people.” – Samuel Chase

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First Principles: Without Virtue There Can Be No Liberty

Posted on July 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Without Virtue there can be no liberty.” – Benjamin Rush

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First Principles: Our Liberty Depends On Our Education, Law and Habits and Is Founded On Morality and Religion

Posted on July 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on the influence all these produce on public opinion before that opinion governs … Continue reading →

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First Principles: As Religion Is the Solid Basis of Good Moral, Education Should Include Teaching Our Duties Toward God

Posted on June 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God.” – Gouverneur Morris

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First Principles: Our Constitution Was Made For A Moral and Religious People and Is Inadequate To Govern Otherwise

Posted on May 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution … Continue reading →

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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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