Tag Archives: Thomas Paine

First Principles: ‘Tis the Business of Little Minds To Shrink; But He Whose Heart Is Firm, and Whose Conscience Approves His Conduct, Will Pursue His Principles Unto Death

Posted on January 20, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: To Argue With A Person Who Has Renounced the Use of Reason Is Like Administering Medicine To the Dead

Posted on November 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.” – Thomas Paine (In this age where each of us are prone to believe all views opposed to our own are … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Truth Never Envelops Itself In Mystery, and the Mystery In Which It Is At Any Time Enveloped Is the Work of Its Antagonist, and Never Itself

Posted on September 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Truth never envelops itself in mystery, and the mystery in which it is at any time enveloped is the work of its antagonist, and never of itself.” – Thomas Paine

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Thought For the Day: Those Who Expect To Reap the Blessings of Freedom Must, Like Men, Undergo the Fatigue of Supporting It

Posted on July 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” – Thomas Paine

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First Principles: Moderation In Temper Is Always A Virtue, But Moderation In Principle Is Always A Vice

Posted on March 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice.” – Thomas Paine

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First Principles: When We Are Planning For Posterity, We Ought To Remember That Virtue Is Not Hereditary

Posted on July 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” ― Thomas Paine, Common Sense

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First Principles: The Cunning of the Fox Is As Murderous As the Violence of the Wolf

Posted on November 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as … Continue reading →

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First Principles: As Parents, We Can Have No Joy, Knowing That This Government Is…Running the Next Generation Into Debt

Posted on August 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may bequeath to posterity: And by a plain method of argument, as we are running the next generation into … Continue reading →

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First Principles: He That Would Make His Own Liberty Secure, Must Guard Even His Enemy From Oppression, For If He Violates, This Duty, He Establishes A Precedent

Posted on August 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.” – Thomas Paine, Dissertation On First Principles of Government (1791)

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First Principles: I Love the Man That Can Smile In Trouble, That Can Gather Strength From Distress, and Grow Brave By Reflection

Posted on July 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

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