Tag Archives: Society

Globalization and Its Discontents

Posted on October 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

There is a struggle going on between those who seek to dominate the world under what started as the seemingly benign polices of globalization and those of us who get the need to foster cooperation but remain patriotic to our … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Aim of Every Constitution Should Be To Obtain Governance By the Wise and Virtuous

Posted on October 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“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.” – James Madison (1788) … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Religion and Virtue Are the Foundation of Free Government and Human Society

Posted on September 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Religion and Virtue are the only Foundations, not only of Republicanism and of all free Government, but of Social Felicity under all Governments and in all the Combinations of human Society.” – John Adams (1811)

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Thought For the Day: Censorship Reflects A Society’s Lack of Self Confidence

Posted on September 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself.” – Justice Potter Stewart (1915-1985)

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Daily Prompt – Declaration

Posted on August 27, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Among the truths that remain self evident There is especially on that is quite relevant When so many declare God’s death so openly They so at great peril for our republican society For if there is no God on which … Continue reading →

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The Squishy Sound of Democracy

Posted on August 15, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The suppression of free speech is a leading indicator of fascism not freedom and certainly not the small r republican values our Founding Fathers advocated in their classical liberalism. I for one refuse to bend to tyranny from any camp… … Continue reading →

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First Principles: To Vote Is To Execute One of the Most Solemn Trusts In Society

Posted on July 31, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual — or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he … Continue reading →

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Seeds of Totalitarianism Dispersed

Posted on July 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Generally speaking, we as a people stand for liberty and all its intendent duties and responsibilities. In this day and age, there has been an increasing move toward surrendering liberties for what we have latched onto as security, be it … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Liberty Is Sacred When Rightly Understood

Posted on July 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“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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First Principles: Those Lacking Private Morality Will Lack Public Virtue

Posted on July 19, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“If individuals be not influenced by moral principles; it is in vain to look for public virtue; it is, therefore, the duty of legislators to enforce, both by precept and example, the utility, as well as the necessity of a … Continue reading →

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