Tag Archives: Thomas Jefferson

First Principles: All Tyranny Needs To Gain A Foothold Is For People of Good Conscience To Remain Silent

Posted on November 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” – Thomas Jefferson

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First Principles: It Is Error Alone, Which Needs the Support of Government. Truth Can stand by itself.

Posted on October 23, 2020 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: The Great Principles of Right and Wrong Are Legible To Every Reader

Posted on October 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors. The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 21, 2020 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: He Who Permits Himself To Tell A Lie Once, Finds It Much Easier To Do It A Second and A Third Time, Until At Length It Becomes Habitual

Posted on October 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time, till at length it becomes habitual.” – … Continue reading →

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First Principles: One Single Object…Will Merit the Endless Gratitude of Society: That of Restraining the Judges From Usurping Legislation

Posted on October 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“One single object … [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.” – Thomas Jefferson (1825)

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First Principles: The Constitution…Meant That Its Coordinate Branches Should Be Checks On Each Other

Posted on October 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The Constitution … meant that its coordinate branches should be checks on each other. But the opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves in their own … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Men of Energy of Character Must Have Enemies

Posted on October 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Men of energy of character must have enemies; because there are two sides to every question, and taking one with decision, and acting on it with effect, those who take the other will of course be hostile in proportion as … Continue reading →

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First Principles: One Single Object…(Will Merit) the Endless Gratitude of the Society: That of Restraining the Judges From Usurping Legislation

Posted on September 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“One single object … [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.” – Thomas Jefferson (1825)

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First Principles: The Republican Is the Only Form of Government Which Is Not Eternally At Open Or Secret War With the Rights of Mankind

Posted on September 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.” – Thomas Jefferson, Letter to William Hunter, 1790

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