Tag Archives: State

Human Nature and Faction

Posted on April 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the early days of the American republic, human nature and faction were of some serious concern. I doubt that the Founding Fathers ever truly envisioned how egregious faction would grow in our society to the point where we can’t … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Ordaining of Laws In Favor of One Part of the Nation, To the Prejudice and Oppression of Another, Is Certainly the Most Erroneous Policy

Posted on March 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“History affords us many instances of the ruin of states, by the prosecution of measures ill suited to the temper and genius of their people. The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The End of Law Is To Preserve and Enlarge Freedom

Posted on February 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.” – John Locke

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First Principles: Whatever Our Wishes, Inclinations or Dictates of Passion, These Cannot Alter the State of Facts and Evidence

Posted on February 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” – John Adams

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First Principle: At Its Best, Government Is A Necessary Evil; At Its Worse, An Intolerable One

Posted on January 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.” – Thomas Paine

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Thought For the Day: Genuine Morality Is Preserved Only In the School of Adversity

Posted on October 5, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“It may here be justly said, that genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity, and a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quicksand to virtue.” – Friedrich Schiller

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First Principles: Persons In Places of Public Trust Must Be of Immaculate Character

Posted on January 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.” – Samuel Adams (1775)

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First Principles: Our Leaders Should Possess Distinguished Character

Posted on November 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

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First Principles: The Federal Government Is Limited In Its Powers

Posted on August 3, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“All questions of power, arising under the constitution of the United States, whether they relate to the federal or a state government, must be considered of great importance. The federal government being formed for certain purposes, is limited in its … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Must Be Cautious Least Senators Become Citizens of the Capital and Not Their States

Posted on June 7, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the federal town, and become citizens of that town more than of your state.” — George Mason (1788)

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