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First Principles: States, Like Individuals, Who Observe Their Engagements, Are Respected and Trusted: While the Reverse Is the Fate of Those Who Pursue An Opposite Conduct
“States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.” – Alexander Hamilton (1790)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Conduct, Engagement, Fate, First Principles, Individuals, Observe, Opposite, Pursue, Respect, Reverse, States, Trust
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First Principles: I Consider the Foundation of the Constitution As Laid On This Ground That ‘All Powers Not Delegated To the United States, By the Constitution, Nor Prohibited By It To the States, Are Reserved To the States Or To the People
“I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that ‘all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people.’ … Continue reading
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Tagged All Powers, Boundaries, Boundless Field, Consider, Constitution, Definition, Delegated, First Principles, Foundation, Ground, Opinion On the Constitutionality of a National Bank, Possession, Power, Powers of Congress, Prohibit, Single Step, States, The People, Thomas Jefferson, United States
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Covid and the Constitution
Covid and the Constitutionby Michael DoyleVoices arrayed together against an institutionOut of control of the reining in by the ConstitutionChecks and balances swept away along with our rightsStill, we ride forward like beleaguered knightsStay at home orders meant for communicable … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Amendment, Abeyance, Abuse of Authority, Adversity, Aghast, America, Array, Ask, Beautiful, Beleaguered Knights, Best Practices, Blight, Bureaucrats, Case, Casinos, Chains, Checks and Balances, Churches, Closed Down, Constitution, Contrarian, Conversation, Cost of Silence, Course, Covid, Crown, Current Crisis, Death or Liberty, Decision, Deliberation, Desperate Situation, Dictate, Draconian Regulation, Economy, Effective, Embrace, Emergency Police Powers, Enforcement Issues, Executive Branch, Executive Dictate, Exercise, Face, Fail, Federal, Feduce, Force, Forgiving, Fray, Free, Freedom, Freedoms, Functionalism, Good Citizens, Governance, Government, Great, Health, History, Hour, Institution, Interpretation, Irritation, Jeopardy, Laboring Oar, Legal, Legislation, Legislature, Libertarian, Liberty, Limitation, Lives Lived, Looking Out, Loss of Our Liberty, Lost Liberty, Machination, Make A Living, Mankind, Mask, Money, Nation, Natural Law, Nature, New Normal, Noble, Open, Others Will Take, Out of Control, Overbearing, Partisan Warfare, Peaceful Assembly, Permanent Emergency, Perspective, Philosophy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Point, Political Landscape, Pretending, Price, Protected Right, Pushback, Question, Quiet, Rationalism, Recall, Rein In, Restrain, Right, Rights, Rigor, Rule of Law, Safety, Samuel Adams, Sealed Fate, Security, Seize, Separation of Powers, Soul of Our Nation, States, Stay At Home Orders, Steps, Strangle, Stripping Away, Strong Enough, Surrender, Suspension, Swept Away, Technocrats, The Courts, The People, Today, True Representation, Ugly, Unending, Unfair, Urgency, Virtue Signaling, Virus, Vocal, Voices, We The People, Welfare, Withstand, Worse
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First Principles: The Liberty Enjoyed By the People of Worshipping God To Their Conscience Is Among the Choices of Their Blessings
“The liberty enjoyed by the people of these states of worshiping Almighty God agreeably to their conscience, is not only among the choicest of their blessings, but also of their rights.” – George Washington
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Tagged Blessing, Choice, Conscience, Enjoy, First Principles, George Washington, God, Liberty, Right, States, The People, Worship
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A New Nation Born Pt II
The American story series continues… A New Nation Born Pt II by Michael Doyle In the haphazard wake of 1776 There were so many constructs to fix The ancients had always taught Only a smallish sized republic should be sought … Continue reading
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Tagged 1776, 1781, America, Anarchy, Ancient, Argument, Articles of Confederation, Balance, Bill of Rights, Born, British, Capable, Cause, Cautious, Centralized Power, Compromise, Conflict, Connection, Constitution, Constitution Day, Constrict, Construct, Convetion, Correction, Country, Daniel Shay, Deficiency, Democracy, Drive, Economy, Engrave, Equal, Expansion, Explanation, Explode, Explosiion, Fabric, Fair Say, Fear, Focus, Formation, Friendship, Function, General Good, George Washington, Government, Hamilton, Hellion, History, Human Condition, Human Nature, Implode, Impotence, Interests, James Madison, Just, Legacy, Legislation, Locus, Mature, Nation, Nation Under Law, National, National Identity, Natural Allies, New, New Jersey, Northwest Ordinance, Notes of the Constitutional Convention, Paralyze, Philadelphia Experiment, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Politics, Population, Possible, Power, Pressure Cooked, Primacy, Rebellion, Reliance, Rendition, Representation, Republic, Republican, Ruin, Sober, Spain, Standard, States, Survive, Ten Amendments, The Federalist Papers, Think, Time, Tinder Box, Understood, Unfold, Virginia, Wall, Westward, Wise, Work With the Grain, Young
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First Principles: The End of Law Is Not To Abolish Or Restrain, But, To Preserve and Enlarge Freedom
“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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Abolish, End, Enlarge, First Principles, Freedom, John Locke, Law, Preserve, Restrain, States
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First Principles: The Foundation of the Constitution Rests On Adhering To the Boundaries of the Tenth Amendment
“I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that ‘all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people.’ … Continue reading
First Principles: To Be Respected and Trusted, We Must Keep Our Agreements
“States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.” – Alexander Hamilton (1790)
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Tagged Agreements, Alexander Hamilton, Conduct, Engagements, Fate, First Principles, Keep, Observe, Persons, Respect, States, Trust
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