Tag Archives: The People

First Principles: The Constitution Is An Instrument For The People To Restrain the Government

Posted on April 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.” – Patrick Henry

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First Principles: Freedom Is More Often Abridged By Gradual and Silent Encroachments Than By Violent and Sudden Usurpations

Posted on April 5, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” – James Madison

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First Principles: Can the Liberties of A Nation Be Secure When The Conviction That the Liberties Are A Gift From God?

Posted on April 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Our Liberties Are A Gift From God

Posted on March 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Ultimate Authority Rests With the People Alone

Posted on March 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The ultimate authority … resides in the people alone. … The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation … forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any…” … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Diffusion of Virtue and Knowledge Is Our Security From Ever Being Enslaved

Posted on March 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“If Virtue & Knowledge are diffused among the People, they will never be enslav’d. This will be their great Security.” – Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, February 12, 1779

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First Principles: Disarming the People Is the Most Effective Means of Enslaving Them

Posted on March 3, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Forty years ago, when the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man, who was governor of Pennsylvania, to disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It’s Up To All Americans To Stop the Spread of Principles Counter To Our Civil and Religious Rights

Posted on February 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people … Continue reading →

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The Dissolution of Liberal Democracy

Posted on February 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Not so long ago, it was announced with great fanfare that history had ended and Liberal Democracy had won. The globalists believed there was no most struggle and that it made little difference with we made microchips or potato chips. … Continue reading →

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

Posted on January 31, 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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