Tag Archives: Thomas Jefferson

First Principles: It Is Error Alone Which Needs the Support of Government. Truth Can Stand By Itself

Posted on November 21, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors?” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)

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First Principles: Can the Liberties of A Nation Be Thought Secure When We Have Removed Their Only Firm Basis, A Conviction…That These Liberties Are the Gift of God?

Posted on November 20, 2022 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 the gift of God? That they are not to be … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The True Key For the Construction of Everything Doubtful In A Law Is the Intention of the Law-Makers

Posted on November 12, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The true key for the construction of everything doubtful in a law is the intention of the law-makers. This is most safely gathered from the words, but may be sought also in extraneous circumstances provided they do not contradict the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Time To Guard Against Corruption and Tyranny, Is Before They Have Gotten Hold On Us

Posted on November 2, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The time to guard against corruption and tyranny, is before they shall have gotten hold on us. It is better to keep the wolf out of the fold, than to trust to drawing his teeth and talons after he shall … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Rigid Economy of the Public Contributions and Absolute Interdiction of All Useless Expenses Will Go Far Towards Keeping Government Honest and Unoppressive

Posted on October 27, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive.” – Thomas Jefferson (1823)

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First Principles: Enlighten the People, Generally, and Tyranny and Oppressions of the Body and Mind Will Vanish Like Spirits At the Dawn of Day

Posted on October 26, 2022 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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First Principles: Every Government Degenerates When Trusted To the Rulers of the People Alone

Posted on October 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)

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First Principles: I Know No Safe Depository of the Ultimate Powers of the Society But the People Themselves

Posted on October 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Truth Can Stand By Itself. Subject Opinion To Coercion: Whom Will You Make Your Inquisitors

Posted on October 16, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors?” -Thomas Jefferson (1781)

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First Principles: I Place Economy Among the First and Most Important of Republican Virtues, and Public Debt As the Greatest of Dangers To Be Feared

Posted on October 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“I … place economy among the first and most important of republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared. … Taxation follows that, and in its turn wretchedness and oppression.”– Thomas Jefferson, Letter to … Continue reading →

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