Tag Archives: The People

Self Rule Rises

Posted on March 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Continuing in a series on American history: Self Rule Rises by Michael Doyle From the High Middle Ages, society had a transformation As Calvin and Luther led the church’s reformation In a faithful take befitting the Bible’s explanation Making these … Continue reading →

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First Principles: All Power Is Vested In and…Derived From the People

Posted on March 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amendable to them.” – George Mason, in the Virigina Bill of Rights

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First Principles: The Ingredients Which Constitute Energy In the Executive Are, Unity; Duration; Its Support; and Competent Powers

Posted on March 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The ingredients which constitute energy in the Executive are, first, unity; secondly, duration; thirdly, an adequate provision for its support; fourthly, competent powers. … The ingredients which constitute safety in the republican sense are, first, a due dependence on the … Continue reading →

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On the Losing Side of History

Posted on March 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A piece dedicated to the ending days of Bernie Sanders’ attempt to hold a revolution. It begs the question, “What if they gave a revolution and nobody came?”. On the Losing Side of History by Michael Doyle Sanders lumbers on … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Political Parties May Answer Popular Ends But With the Course of Time Allow Unprincipled Persons To Usurp the Reins of Government

Posted on March 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Lawmakers Who Attempt To Take the Property of the People Are At War With the People

Posted on February 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Whenever legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident, That All Men Are Created Equal

Posted on January 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’ – United States Declaration of Independence https://constitution.org/usdeclar.htm By this, it is meant all of mankind is seen as born equal before God and under the law. Our … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Laws Made By Our Representatives Should Not Be So Voluminous That They Cannot Be Read Or So Incoherent As To Not Be Understood

Posted on January 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.” – James … Continue reading →

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Commit Freedom To Memory

Posted on December 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Yesterday, December 15, 2019, was Bill of Rights Day! I was semi-astonished when I didn’t find anyone making reference to this. I was busily recovering from a long walk without a coat taken on Saturday. By the way, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Safe Depository of the Ultimate Powers of American Society Is the People Themselves

Posted on December 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from … Continue reading →

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