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First Principles: Honesty Is the First Chapter In the Book of Wisdom
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” – Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Happy Fourth of July!
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” – Thomas Jefferson, in The Declaration of … Continue reading
First Principles: Power In Our Republic Is To Be Bound By the Chains of the Constitution
“In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1798)
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First Principles: Public Fund Expenditures Must Be Fully Accounted For
“The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys.” – Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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First Principles: Legal Immigrants Are Welcome To Join American Society and Conform To Our Established Rules
“Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in society, conforming, as I doubt not you will do, to our established rules.” —Thomas Jefferson … Continue reading
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First Principles: Civilization Teaches Us To Respect The Right For Women To Enjoy Their Natural Equality To Men
“It is civilization alone which replaces women in the enjoyment of their natural equality. That first teaches us to subdue the selfish passions, and to respect those rights in others which we value in ourselves.” – Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the … Continue reading
First Principles: It Is In the Love of One’s Family That Heartfelt Happiness Is Known
“It is in the love of one’s family only that heartfelt happiness is known. By a law of our nature, we cannot be happy without the endearing connections of a family.” – Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: To Move Even A Step Beyond the Prescribed Powers Of Congress Is to Create Power No Longer Susceptible to Definition
“To take a single step beyond the boundaries specially drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible to definition.” – Thomas Jefferson
First Principles: There Has Never Been A Democracy That Did Not Commit Suicide
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” – John Adams (and that’s why we’re a republic and not a democracy says every right thinking … Continue reading
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