Tag Archives: The People

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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First Principles: An Independent Judiciary Protects the Interests of the People

Posted on December 3, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“So long as we may have an independent Judiciary, the great interests of the people will be safe.” – John Rutledge When the Democrats attempt to pack the USSC as with FDR and the current move in Congress, we need to … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit and Intelligence of the Citizens

Posted on November 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Oppressors Can Only Tyrannize When They Achieve A Standing Army, An Enslaved Press and A Disarmed Populace

Posted on November 24, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.” – James Madison

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First Principles: Of Those Who Have Overturned Republican Liberty, Most Have Begun By Courting the People and Ending Tyrants

Posted on November 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787)

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First Principles: The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms Shall Not Be Infringed Upon. Period.

Posted on November 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The Second Amendment to our Constitution is clear. The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed upon. Period.” – Donald Trump

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