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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 the Public Councils
“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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Tagged Betray, Citizens, Created, Fall, First Principles, Flatter, Honest, Intelligence, Joseph Story, Profligate, Public Councils, Public Spirit, Republics, Reward, The People, Virtue, Wise
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Standing At the Brink
Standing At the Brinkby Michael DoyleThis age of prevailing ill-liberalismBreeds little but despair and pessimismThere’s a breakdown in our societyThat has brought us into a time of anxietyOnce beautiful cities have turned into blightIt seems we are falling into our … Continue reading
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Tagged Addiction, Age, Anxiety, Beautiful Cities, Birth, Blight, Breakdown, Breed, Brink, Changes, Civil War, Common Good, Connect, Constitutino, Continuity, Darkest Night, Decide, Democracy, Despair, Destined, Divide, Dustbin, Eco-Theology, Economic Deicsions, Edge, Electronic Distraction, Elite, Fail, Future, Historical Inevitability, History, Hope, Ill-Liberalism, Leaders, Lost, Misunderstood, Mob Rule, Nation, New Humanity, Next, Oligarchy, Order and Stability, Ordinary People, Overturn, Pessimism, Pharmaceutical, Plumbing Project, Poetry and Poems, Pollution, Ponzi Schemes, Poor, Prevail, Priority, Progressive Empathy, Recovery, Recreation, Result, Riddle, Schools, Society, Solution, Stand, Student Loans, The People, Threat, Time, True Progress, Tyranny, Wept, Yesterday's Debt
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First Principles: The People Are Not To Be Disarmed of Their Weapons. They Are Left In Full Possession of Them
“The people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are left in full possession of them.” – Zacharia Johnson (1788)
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Tagged Disarm, First Principles, Full Possession, Left, The People, Weapons, Zacharia Johnson
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Thought For the Day: History Is A Novel Whose Author Is the People
“History is a novel whose author is the people.” – Alfred de Vigny, poet, playwright, and novelist (27 Mar 1797-1863)
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Tagged Alfred de Vigny, Author, History, Novel, The People, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The Extravagant Expenditure of Public Money Is An Evil Not To Be Measured By the Value of That Money To the People Who are Taxed For It
“The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people who are taxed for it.” – Chester Arthur
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Tagged Evil, Expenditure, Extravagant, First Principles, Measure, Mony, Public Money, Tax, The People, Value
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First Principles: Justice Is the End of Government. It Is the End of Civil Society
“Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.” – James Madison (1788)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Bounds of Authority, Civil Society, Constitution, End, Exigency, First Principles, Government, Ijury, James Madison, Justice, Justisy, Liberty, Lost, Obtain, Powers, Pursue, Pursuit, Standard, The People, Tyrannical Use
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First Principles: Science Has Liberated the Ideas of Those Who Read and Reflect, and the American Example Has Kindled Feelings of Right In the People
“Science has liberated the ideas of those who read and reflect, and the American example has kindled feelings of right in the people.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Tagged American Example, Feelings, First Princniples, Ideas, Kindle, Liberate, Read, Reflect, Right, Science, The People, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Our Constitution Is An Instrument For the People To Restrain the Government
“[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.” – Patrick Henry
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First Principles: No People Can Be Bound To Acknowledge and Adore the Invisible Han, Which Conducts the Affairs of Men More Than the People of the United States
“No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States…Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems … Continue reading
First Principles: The Right of Freely Examining Public Characters and Measures, and of Free Communication…Has Ever Been Just Deemed the Only Effectual Guardian of Every Other Right
“The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon … has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right.” – James Madison (1798)
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 