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

Posted on September 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” – Thomas Paine (1776)

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First Principles: 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

Posted on August 26, 2021 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: A Constitution Is Not the Act of A Government, But of A People Constituting A Government, and A Government Without A Constitution Is A Power Without Right

Posted on August 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.” – Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1791

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First Principles: It Is the Madness of Folly, To Expect Mercy From Those Who Have Refused To Do Justice

Posted on August 12, 2021 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: Tyranny, Like Hell, Is Not Easily Conquered, Yet We Have This Consolation With Us, That the Harder the Conflict, the More Glorious the Triumph

Posted on July 23, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine in “American Crisis” (1776)

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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 July 16, 2021 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: When We Are Planning For Posterity, We Ought To Remember That Virtue Is Not Hereditary

Posted on June 22, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” – Thomas Paine (1776)

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First Principles: I Offer Nothing More Than Simple Facts, Plain Arguments, and Common Sense

Posted on May 17, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense.” Thomas Paine, in Common Sense

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First Principles: He Whose Heart Is Firm, and Whose Conscience Approves His Conduct, Will Pursue His Principles Unto Death

Posted on April 5, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

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On the Influence of Mass and Social Media

Posted on March 30, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Mass Media Shaping of Culture and Perceptions of Self, Others and the World: Where once Gutenberg’s printing press led the way in shaping the world, the driving technology in the modern world is mass media in its many and … Continue reading →

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

First Principles: 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

First Principles: A Constitution Is Not the Act of A Government, But of A People Constituting A Government, and A Government Without A Constitution Is A Power Without Right

First Principles: It Is the Madness of Folly, To Expect Mercy From Those Who Have Refused To Do Justice

First Principles: Tyranny, Like Hell, Is Not Easily Conquered, Yet We Have This Consolation With Us, That the Harder the Conflict, the More Glorious the Triumph

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

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

First Principles: I Offer Nothing More Than Simple Facts, Plain Arguments, and Common Sense

First Principles: He Whose Heart Is Firm, and Whose Conscience Approves His Conduct, Will Pursue His Principles Unto Death

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