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First Principles: Virtue Is Not Hereditary
“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” – Thomas Paine (1776)
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First Principle: At Special Times and After Cool, Deliberate Thinking, The Real Voice of the People May Be Known
“It is on great occasions only, and after time has been given for cool and deliberate reflection, that the real voice of the people can be known.” – George Washington, letter to Edward Carrington, 1796
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Thought of the Day: To Hold That Argument May Be Won By Force Is To Admit the Right To Silence People By Force
“If you admit that to silence your opponent by force is to win an intellectual argument, then you admit the right to silence people by force.” – Hans Eysenck (1916-1997)
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First Principles: The Corruption of A People Make It Ripe For Destruction
“Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good form of government may hold the rotten materials together for some time, but beyond a certain pitch, even the … Continue reading
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Tagged Certain, Constitution, Corruption, Destruction, First Principles, Government, Ineffectual, John Witherspoon, Profiligacy, Slavery, The People
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First Principles: A Degeneracy Of Manners and Spirit Will Be the Ruin of Our Republic
“It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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Tagged Canker, Constitution, Degeneracy, First Principles, Laws, manners, Republic, Spirit, The People, Thomas Jefferson, Vigor
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First Principles: Neither the Wisest Constitution Or Laws Can Protect A Corrupted People
“Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.” – Samuel Adams (1749)
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First Principles: Choose Economy and Liberty Over Profusion and Servitude
“We must make our election between economy and Liberty, or profusion and servitude.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)
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First Principles: To Believe That the Militia Isn’t The Entirety of the People Is Against the Principles of Our Republic
“Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them… The mind that aims at a select militia, must be influenced by … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-Republican Principles, Arms, Federal Farmer, First Principles, Instruction, Liberty, Milita, Perservation, Select Militia, The People, Vigilance
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Thought For the Day: The Role of the Prosecutor Is To Vindicate the Rights of the People and Give A Fair Trial
“The function of the prosecutor under the federal Constitution is not to tack as many skins of victims as possible against the wall. His function is to vindicate the rights of the people as expressed in the laws and give … Continue reading
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First Principles: A Virtuous People Cannot Be Subdued
“While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.” – Samuel Adams (1779)
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