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First Principles: The Bill of Rights Is To Prevent the Encroachment of the Federal Government On Private Rights
“The invasion of private rights is chiefly to be apprehended, not from acts of Government contrary to the sense of its constituents, but from acts in which the Government is the mere instrument of the major number of the Constituents.” … Continue reading
First Principles: The Steady Character of Americans Is Our Anchor
“The steady character of our countrymen is a rock to which we may safely moor; and notwithstanding the efforts of the papers to disseminate early discontents, I expect that a just, dispassionate and steady conduct, will at length rally to … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchor, Elbridge Gerry, First Principles, Harmony, Moderation, Stability, Steady, Temperance, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Guns Don’t Kill; People Do
“Evils which are not cured in one way will cure themselves in some other.” — Thomas Jefferson (1791) I’ve been looking for a quippable quote off and on all morning that would suffice to sum up the disgust I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Assault Weapons, Authoritarian, Brutality, Criminal, Disarming, Evil, FBI, Gun Control, Guns, Legality, Mindset, Mortality Data, Murder Rates, Rights, Street Thug, Thomas Jefferson, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Almost Everything Worthwhile Takes Time
“We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?” —John Page (1776) shortly after the Declaration of Independence was signed, … Continue reading
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Tagged Effort, First Principles, Governance, John Page, Preserverance, Success, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Immigrants Conforming To Our Nation’s Principles and Laws Are Welcome
“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. That these … Continue reading
First Principles: Good Government Protects Labor From Injury and Theft
“A wise and frugal government… shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. … Continue reading
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Tagged Enfranchisement, First Principles, Government, Improvement, Regulation, Safety, Thomas Jefferson, Worker Protection
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First Principles: It Is Better To Die Free Than Live As Slaves
“With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers, which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have compelled by our … Continue reading
First Principles: The Greatest Good for Our Country Is Healing and Unity
“The greatest good we can do our country is to heal its party divisions and make them one people.” —Thomas Jefferson (1801) Interesting sidebar here.. before anyone goes tearing down monuments for Thomas Jefferson, please know this. He proposed ending … Continue reading
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Tagged Division, Factions, First Principles, Healing, Thomas Jefferson, Unity
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First Principles: American Character Is Our Anchor
“The steady character of our countrymen is a rock to which we may safely moor.” —Thomas Jefferson (1801) Don’t wait for help. Be the help! I am so proud of the Cajun Navy right now. And I want to know … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchor, Cajun Navy, Character, First Principles, Floods, Heroes, Mooring, Rock, Safety, Steady, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: The Right To Peacefully Dissent Is Fundamental To America
“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like … Continue reading
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Tagged Dissent, First Amendment, First Principles, Free Speech, Government, Natural Law, Opinions, Resistance, Thomas Jefferson
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