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First Principles: The Question Is, Not What Rights Naturally Belong To Man, But How They May Be Most Equally and Efficiently Guarded In Society

Posted on March 13, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“The question is, not what rights naturally belong to man, but how they may be most equally and effectually guarded in society.” – Roger Sherman

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Thought For the Day: The Whole People, Who Formed the Union…Men, Their Rights and Nothing More; Women, Their Rights and Nothing Less

Posted on March 13, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union…. Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.” – Susan … Continue reading →

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First Principles: One Great Object of the Constitution Was To Restrain Majorities From Oppressing Minorities Or Encroaching Upon Their Just Rights

Posted on February 18, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights.” – James K. Polk

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First Principles: The Question Is, Not What Rights Naturally Belong To Man, But How They May Be Most Equally and Effectually Guarded In Society

Posted on October 23, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The question is, not what rights naturally belong to man, but how they may be most equally and effectually guarded in society.” – Roger Sherman

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First Principles: Resistance To Tyranny Becomes the Christian and Social Duty of Each Individual…Nobly Defend Those Rights Which Heaven Gave

Posted on September 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual… Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.” – … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Rights Essential To Happiness… We Claim Them From A Higher Source – From the King of kings and Lord of All the Earth

Posted on June 26, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The rights essential to happiness. . . . We claim them from a higher source – from the King of kings and Lord of all the earth.” – John Dickinson, (1801). “The Political Writings of John Dickinson, Esquire: The speech … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Without Justice Being Freely, Fully, and Impartially Administered, Neither Our Persons, Nor Our Rights, Nor Our Property Can Be Protected

Posted on May 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if these, or either of them, are regulated by no certain laws, and are subject to no certain principles, … Continue reading →

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An Introduction To First Principles

Posted on April 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” —George Washington (1795) In the affirmative: Though the founding principles of the United States were drawn from another era, these principles remain essential to … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Question Is Not What Rights Naturally Belong To Man But How They May Be Most Equally and Effectually Guarded In Society

Posted on March 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The question is not what rights naturally belong to ma, but how they may be most equally and effectually guarded in society.” – Roger Sherman

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Inauguration (January 20, 2025)

Posted on January 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Inauguration (January 20, 2025)by Michael DoyleWatching the proceedings of the inaugurationI joined in my nation’s celebrationA nation led by a vision of principled humilityOne of the rights of the free, filled with majestyIn the stillness bestowed by God, we valiantly … Continue reading →

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