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First Principles: The Issue Today Is the Same As It Has Been Throughout All History, Whether Man Shall Be Allowed To Govern Himself Or Be Ruled By A Small Elite
“The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.” – Thomas Jefferson Happy Birthday, President Jefferson!!
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First Principles: In Matters of Style, Swim With the Current; In Matters of Principle, Stand Like A Rock
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” – Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Once A Republic Is Corrupted, There Is No Possibility of Remedying Any of the Growing Evils But By Removing the Corruption and Restoring Its Lost Principles
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.” – Thomas Jefferson … Continue reading
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First Principle: I Am Opposed To Any Form of Tyranny Over the Mind of Man
“I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man.” – Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship With All Nations; Entangling Alliances With None
“Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.” – Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: I Never Considered A Difference of Opinion In Politics, In Religion, In Philosophy, As Cause For Withdrawing From A Friend
“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Between a Balanced Republic and A Democracy, the Difference Is Like That Between Order and Chaos
“Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.” – John Marshall, American statesman, jurist, and Founding Father who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States We don’t live in a … Continue reading
First Principles: It Should Be Our Endeavor To Cultivate the Peace and Friendship of Every Nation
““It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation.” – Thomas Jefferson (1787)
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First Principles: Allow A Government To Decline Paying Its Debts and You Overthrow All Public Morality – You Unhinge All the Principles That Preserve the Limits of Free Constitutions
“Allow a government to decline paying its debts and you overthrow all public morality-you unhinge all the principles that preserve the limits of free constitutions. Nothing can more affect national prosperity than a constant and systematic attention to extinguish the … Continue reading
First Principles: The True Foundation of Republican Government Is the Equal Right of Every Citizen In His Person and Property and In their Management
“The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management.” – Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, 1816. ME 15:36
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