Tag Archives: Thomas Jefferson

First Principles: I Tremble For My Country When I Reflect That God Is Just: That His Justice Cannot Sleep Forever

Posted on August 8, 2024 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: Laws Are Made For Men of Ordinary Understanding and Should, Therefore, Be Construed By the Ordinary Rules of Common Sense

Posted on July 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Honesty Is the First Chapter In the Book of Wisdom

Posted on July 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” – Thomas Jefferson

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First Principles: The Greatest Good We Can Do For Our Country Is To Heal Its Party Divisions and Make Them One People

Posted on July 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The greatest good we can do our country is to heal its party divisions and make them one people.” -Thomas Jefferson (1801)

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First Principles: Every Government Degenerates When Trusted To the Rulers of the People Alone. The People Themselves, Therefore, Are Its Only Safe Depositories

Posted on July 18, 2024 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: To Render Us Again One People Acting As One Nation Should Be the Object of Every Man Really A Patriot

Posted on July 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“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: When Right, I Shall Often Be Thought Wrong By Those Whose Positions Will Not Command A View of the Whole Ground

Posted on July 15, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground.” – Thomas Jefferson (1805)

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

Posted on July 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Mankind soon learn to make interested uses of every right and power which they possess, or may assume. The public money and public liberty, intended to have been deposited with three branches of magistracy, but found inadvertently to be in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Never Suppose In Any Possible Situation, Or Under Any Circumstances, It Is Best For You To Do A Dishonorable Thing

Posted on June 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Nature Intended Me For the Tranquil Pursuits of Science, By Rendering Them My Supreme Delight

Posted on June 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight.” – Thomas Jefferson, in his Letter to DuPont de Nemours as cited in Benson, 1971)

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