Tag Archives: The People

First Principles: The Government, Which Was Designed For the People, Has Got Into the Hands of the Bosses and Their Employer, the Special Interests. An Invisible Empire Has Been Set Up Above the Forms of Democracy

Posted on March 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.” – Woodrow Wilson

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First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit, and Intelligence of the Citizens. They Fall, When the Wise Are Banished from Public Councils

Posted on March 6, 2025 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: Tyrants Accomplish Their Purposes Without Resistance, Is, By Disarming the People, and Making It An Offense To Keep Arms

Posted on February 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offense to keep arms.” – Justice Joseph Story

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First Principles: The Confidence of the People Will Easily Be Gained By A Good Administration. This Is the True Touchstone.

Posted on February 1, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The confidence of the people will easily be gained by a good administration. This is the true touchstone.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)

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First Principles: By Our Form of Government, the Christian Religion Is the Established Religion

Posted on January 30, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people. By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established … Continue reading →

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This Is Not True Victory

Posted on December 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

This Is Not True Victoryby Michael DoyleIn memory of Queen Lili‘uokalani I declare this is not a true victoryWhen back in the year of 1893The United States overthrew her monarchyDespite the wrongness of things doneShe did not choose the white … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Must Not Let Our Rulers Load Us With Perpetual Debt

Posted on November 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom. And, to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” – Thomas Jefferson, Letter … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If Virtue and Knowledge Are Diffused Among the People, They Will Never Be Enslav’d. This Will Be Their Great Security

Posted on November 1, 2024 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 This quote is from Samuel Adams’s letter to James Warren … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is In the Interest of Tyrants To Reduce the People to Ignorance and Vice. For They Cannot Live In Any Country Where Virtue and Knowledge Prevail

Posted on October 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.“ – Samuel Adams

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First Principles: The Rights of Conscience, of Bearing Arms, of Changing the Government, Are Declared To Be Inherent In the People

Posted on October 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people.” – Fisher Ames

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