Tag Archives: The People

First Principles: America’s Should Always Be An Attitude of Thankfulness For All of the Blessings God Has Granted

Posted on November 22, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“I do recommend and assign [this Thanksgiving Day] to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A General Education of the People Will End Tyranny and Oppression of Mind and Body

Posted on November 20, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)

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Thought For the Day: A Tyranny Can Withstand the People Fighting, But, Won’t Last Long Once They’re Thinking

Posted on November 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“A king can stand people fighting but he can’t last long if people start thinking.” – Will Rogers, humorist (4 Nov 1879-1935)

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First Principles: Laws Should Be Few; Fixed and Easy To Understand

Posted on October 26, 2018 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 … undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is today, can guess … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Our Government Should Not Be Allowed To Perpetuate Debt

Posted on October 19, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)

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First Principles: Public Opinion Is the Real Sovereign In Free Government

Posted on October 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one.” —James Madison (1791)

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First Principles: Virtue Is Not Hereditary

Posted on September 19, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“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

Posted on September 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“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

Posted on August 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“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

Posted on August 15, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“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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