Tag Archives: Thomas Jefferson

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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First Principles: The Constitution Is Not Written On Blank Pages

Posted on November 13, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction.” –Thomas Jefferson, letter to Wilson Nicholas, 1803 Every word in the Constitution either means something of particular intent or … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Should Endeavor To Be Honest In All We Do

Posted on October 31, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“In our private pursuits it is a great advantage that every honest employment is deemed honorable.” —Thomas Jefferson (1795) It’s somewhat fitting that the witch hunt has thus far calumniated not in any finding of collusion but past crimes committed … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Dependence Begets Subservience

Posted on October 29, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781) The entitlement programs of America have come to be taken for granted. And now, as we watch … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Our Liberties Are Secured As A Gift From God, Not Government

Posted on October 24, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“God who gave us life gave us Liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Judiciary Is Not Meant To Override the Other Branches

Posted on October 21, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“[T]he opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves, in their own sphere of action, but for the Legislature and Executive also in their spheres, would make … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Charitable Assistance Is Best Given Locally

Posted on October 19, 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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