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First Principles: It Is Necessary For Every American…To Endeavor To Stop the Dissemination of Principles…Destructive of the Cause For Which They Have Bled
“It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people … Continue reading
First Principles: The Right of the Citizens To Keep and Bear Arms Has Justly Been Considered, As the Palladium of the Liberties of A Republic
“The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will … Continue reading
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Tagged Arbitrary Power, Citizens, Consider, First Principles, Joseph Story, Keep and Bear Arms, Liberties, Moral Check, Palladium, Republic, Resist, Right, Rulers, Successful, The People, Triumph, Usurption
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First Principles: The Aim of Every Political Constitution Is, Or Ought To Be, First To Obtain For Rulers Men Who Possess Most Wisdom to Discern, and Most Virtue To Pursue, the Common Good of the Society
“The aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society; and in the next place, to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aim, Common Good, Contine, Discern, Effectual, First Principles, Hold, James Madison, Political Constitution, Precautions, Public Trust, Pursue, Rulers, Society, Virtue, Virtuous, Wisdom
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First Principles: Every Government Degenerates When Trusted To the Rulers of the People Alone
“Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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Tagged Degenerates, Every Government, First Principles, Only, Rulers, Safe Depositories, The People, Thomas Jefferson, Trusted
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First Principles: Liberty Is A Word Which, According As It Is Used, Comprehends The Most Good and the Most Evil of Any In the World. Justly Understood It Is Sacred
“Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world. Justly understood it is sacred next to those which we appropriate in divine adoration; but in the … Continue reading
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Tagged A Landholder, Appropriate, Choice, Comprehend, Confusion, Divine Adoration, Evil, First Principles, Jealousy, Liberty, Mean, Necessary Government, Oliver Ellsworth, Power, Promote Good, Rulers, Sacred, Society, Understood
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First Principles: Every Government Degenerates When Trusted To the Rulers of the People Alone. The People, Themselves, Therefore, Are Its Only Safe Depositories
“Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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First Principles: We Are All Qualified, Entitled, and Morally Obligated To Evaluate the Conduct of Our Rulers
“Any single man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; we are all qualified, entitled, and morally obliged to evaluate the conduct of our rulers.” – English philosopher John Locke … Continue reading
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Tagged Circumstances, Civil Magistrate, Commands, Conduct, Entitled, Evaluate, First Principles, John Locke, Judge, Morally, Obedience, Obligated, Qualified, Resistance, Rulers, Single Man, Warrant
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First Principles: The Bible Is the Best of All Books, For It Is the Word of God and Teaches Us the Way To Be Happy In this World and In the Next
“Condescend, merciful Father! to grant as far as proper these imperfect petitions, to accept these inadequate thanksgivings, and to pardon whatever of sin hath mingled in them for the sake of Jesus Christ, our blessed Lord and Savior; unto Whom, … Continue reading
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Tagged Book, Choice, Christian Nation, Christians, Duty, First Principles, God, Happy, Honor and Glory, Interest, Jesus Christ, John Jay, Life, Lord and Savior, Pardon, Petition, Precepts, Privilege, Providence, Read, Regulate, Rulers, Sin, Spirit, Teach, Thanksgiving, The Bible, Word of God, World
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First Principles: It Is Religion and Morality Alone, Which Can Establish the Principles Upon Which Freedom Can Securely Stand
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. … Statesmen may plan and speculate for Liberty, but it is Religion and Morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand. The only foundation … Continue reading
First Principles: It Is the Duty, As Well As the Privilege and Interest of Our Christian Nation, To Select and Prefer Christians For Their Rulers
“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers … and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation, to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” – John Jay, first … Continue reading
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