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First Principles: Democracy Rapidly Deteriorates Into the Law of the Jungle
“Democracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man’s life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchy, Constitution, Democracy, Devolution, First Principles, John Adams, Republic, Rule of Law, Rule of the Jungle
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First Principles: To Right Our Republic’s Course We Must Restore Our First Principles
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.” – Montesquieu, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Corruption, Evils, First Principles, Government, History, Jefferson, Montesquieu, Remedy, Removal, Republic, Restoration, Spirit of the Laws
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First Principles: The Spirit of the People Preserves Our Republic’s Vigor
“The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human body. It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in … Continue reading
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Tagged Canker, Consttution, Degeneracy, First Principles, General Welfare, Mob Rule, Republic, Spirit, Strength, Thomas Jefferson, Vigor
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First Principles: An Increased Welfare State Ends the Republic
“When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.” – Benjamin Franklin That is what we have done in the United States. We have created a subset class of persons … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Compromise, Rationality, Republic, Voters, Welfare State
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First Principles: Redistributing Wealth Begins the End of the Republic
“When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” – -Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, End, Greed, Money, Redistribution, Republic
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First Principles: Democracy Leads To Tyranny
“It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed … Continue reading
First Principles: Our Republic Is Predicated on Christian Tolerance
“It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, Faith, First Principles, Founding Fathers, Patrick Henry, Public Square, Reason, Republic, Tolerance
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First Principles: Freedom of Speech and Thought Are Essential To Our Republic
“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” – George Washington
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Tagged First Principles, Free Speech, Free Thought, George Washington, Republic, Rights
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First Principles: Knowledge Is the Soul of the Republic
“I consider knowledge to be the soul of a republic, and as the weak and the wicked are generally in alliance, as much care should be taken to diminish the number of the former as of the latter. Education is … Continue reading
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Tagged Classical Education, Education, First Principles, John Jay, Knowledge, Republic, Soul
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First Principles: Legal Consequences
“Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787) To understand more … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Consequences, Law, Republic, The Federalist Papers
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 