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First Principles: A Sacred Respect For the Constitutional Law Is the Vital Principles, the Sustaining Principle of a Free Government
“A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.” – Alexander Hamilton It is too bad the DSA doesn’t realize this. In seeking to destroy the Constitution, they have pronounced themselves … Continue reading
First Principles: Sad Will Be the Day When the American People Forget Their Traditions and Their History, and No Longer Remember …Their Country
“Sad will be the day when the American people forget their traditions and their history, and so longer remember that the country they love, the institutions they cherish, and the freedom they hope to preserve, were born from the throes … Continue reading
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Tagged American People, Armed Resistance, Bravery, Cherish, Country, First Principles, Freedom, History, Institution, Love, Preservation, Rememberance, Roger Sherman, Sad, Tradition, Tyranny
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Thought For the Day: Secrecy Is the Keystone To All Tyranny. Not Force, But Secrecy and Censorship
“Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship. When any government or church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, “This you may not read, this you must not know,” the end result … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Church, Force, Government, Keystone, Robert A. Heinlein, Secrecy, Thought For the Day, Tyranny
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First Principles: The Government of the Absolute Majority Instead of the Government of the People Is But the Government of the Strongest Interests
“The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.” – John C. … Continue reading
First Principles: I Am A Friend To Righteous Government, To A Government Founded Upon the Principles of Reason and Justice; But I Glory In Avowing My Eternal Enmity To Tyranny
“Some boast of being friends to government; I am a friend to righteous government, to a government founded upon the principles of reason and justice; but I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.” – John Hancock
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Tagged Avow, Eternal Enmiity, First Priinciples, Friends, Governmet, John Hancock, Justice, Priinciples, Reason, Righteous Goverrment, Tyranny
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From the Silence Remembered
From the Silence Rememberedby Michael DoyleFrom the waiting silence comes the memoryOf a time when Iran was full of majesty.This storied land grasps for freedom,Not wishing to be a kingdom or a theocracy. This time whispers the quietly reverent,This time, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1979, Authority, Beast, Civilization, Coercion, Conflict, Credibility, Crown Prince, Different, Economic Relief, End, Expression, Figurehea, Force, Freeom, Historic Dignity, Hope, Iran, Islamic Republic, Kngdom, Memory, Nation, Opposition, Peace, Persia, Poetry and Poems, Position, Religion, Religious Extortion, Remembered, Repression, Reverent, Rise, Silence, Storied Land, Supreme Leaders, The People, Thecocracy, This tm, Tyranny, Unnatural Politics, Waiting Silence, Whisper
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First Principles: If We Fail To Check the Power of the Judiciary, I Predict That We Will Eventually Live Under Judicial Tyranny
“Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks and balances to prevent abuse of power. However, where is the check on the power of the judiciary? … Continue reading
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Tagged FAile, First Principles, Judiciary, Patrick Henry, Power, Tyranny
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First Principles: If We Fail To Check the Power of the Judiciary, I Predict That We Will Eventually Live Under Judicial Tyranny
“Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks and balances to prevent abuse of power. However, where is the check on the power of the judiciary? … Continue reading
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Tagged Checks and Balances, Contention, Divided Power, Evil, First Principles, Government, Judiciary, Patrick Henry, Power, Three Branches, Tyranny
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First Principles: Resistance To Tyranny Becomes the Christian and Social Duty of Each Individual…Nobly Defend Those Rights Which Heaven Gave
“Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual… Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, Defend, Dependence, Duty, First Principles, God, Haven, Individual, John Hancock, Resistace, Rights, Sociall, Steadfast, Tyranny
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