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First Principles: Every Patriot Should Work Toward the Harmony of Acting As One Nation
“To restore … harmony … to render us again one people acting as one nation should be the object of every man really a patriot.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
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First Principles: Choose Economy and Liberty Over Profusion and Servitude
“We must make our election between economy and Liberty, or profusion and servitude.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)
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First Principles: The More Powerful the Federal Government Grows, the Weaker the State Governments Become
“[W]hen all government, domestic and foreign, in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to … Continue reading
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First Principles: Falseness of Tongue Leads To Falseness of Heart
“It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it … Continue reading
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First Principles: The Liberty of A Nation Is Only As Secure As Its Faith In God
“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 Composition of the Federal Judiciary Makes or Breaks Our Constitution and Therefore Our Nation
“It has long, however, been my opinion, and I have never shrunk from its expression … that the germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal Judiciary; working like gravity by night and by … Continue reading
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First Principles: To All Persons – Exact and Equal Justice
“It is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our government… Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever persuasion, religious or political.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
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First Principles: All the World Is Better With Commerce At Perfect Liberty
“I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.” – Thomas Jefferson
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First Thoughts: America’s Fundamental Principle Amounts To Equal Treatment Under the Law for All Persons
“[I]t is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our Government… Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever persuasion, religious or political.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 