Tag Archives: Thomas Jefferson

First Principles: Charity Should Be Given On A Local Level

Posted on December 30, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“It is a duty certainly to give our sparings to those who want; but to see also that they are faithfully distributed, and duly apportioned to the respective wants of those receivers. And why give through agents whom we know … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Avoiding Fraud, Waste and Abuse Is Paramount to Honest Government

Posted on December 21, 2017 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) We can always think of more things to spend money on right? … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Main Purpose of the Constitution Is To Bind Government From Mischief

Posted on December 19, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“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) If Jefferson had been alive during the Obama Administration in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Honest Persons Find No Pleasure In Coercive Power

Posted on December 10, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.” — Thomas Jefferson (1813)

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First Principles: A Nation Should Avoid Perpetual Debt

Posted on December 9, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” –Thomas Jefferson

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First Principles: Knowing History Is A Great Starting Point In Gauging the Present and Future

Posted on December 8, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“History by apprising [citizens] of the past will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations; it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Licentiousness In Spreading False News Is Abusive

Posted on November 29, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been leveled against us, charged with whatsoever its licentiousness could devise or dare. These abuses of an institution so important to freedom and … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Public Debt Is the Biggest Danger To Our Republic

Posted on November 27, 2017 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, in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Truth Can Stand Alone

Posted on November 25, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.” — Thomas Jefferson, in Notes On Virginia Notes on Virginia may be read online beginning here: Click to access Thomas-Jefferson-Notes-On-The-State-Of-Virginia.pdf This and other works from our … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is Not An Easy Task To Be President

Posted on November 17, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The second office of this government is honorable and easy, the first is but a splendid misery.” —Thomas Jefferson (1797) It is easier to be a critic and a naysayer than it is to govern. It’s harder still when you … Continue reading →

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