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First Principles: Kings or Parliaments Could Not Give 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 August 17, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Kings or parliaments could not give the rights essential to happiness… We claim them from a higher source – from the King of kings, and Lord of all the earth. They are not annexed to us by parchments and seals. … 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 August 15, 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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First Principles: Freedom Can Exist Only In the Society of Knowledge. Without Learning, Men Are Incapable of Knowing Their Rights

Posted on August 3, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.” – Dr. Benjamin Rush

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Thought For the Day: The Framers of the Bill of Rights Did Not Purport To ‘Create’ Rights. Rather, They Designed the Bill of Rights To Prohibit Our Government From Infringing Rights and Liberties Presumed To Be Preexisting

Posted on July 24, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to ‘create’ rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.” – Justice William J. Brennan

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First Principles: 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

Posted on July 4, 2026 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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Thought For the Day: Men, Their Rights, and Nothing More; Women, Their Rights, and Nothing Less

Posted on June 9, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.” – Susan B. Anthony

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First Principles: Each Political Society Should Contribute Such A Share of Their Rights, As Will Form A Common Stock of These Rights, Produce the Largest Quantity of Benefits For Them

Posted on April 29, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“As in forming a political society, each individual contributes some of his rights, in order that he may, from a common stock of rights, derive greater benefits, than he could from merely his own; so, in forming a confederation, each … 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 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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